Social Work And Feminism Analysis

Collectively, this week’s body of literature questioned, yet, attempted to define feminist practice (s) and its basic principles. Through those two lenses, a few social service’s methodologies such as empowerment, punishment, treatment and epistemology framework, conscientization were critiqued. These critiques or exploration for conformations revealed similar concerns about the methodologies in which Social Work and Feminism employed. Such concerns are that, through the helping process, wrong interpretation of intervention techniques or untrained practices of theoretical approaches often dispenses negative implicit implications, influences individuals’ quality of care, impedes individuals’ willingness for rehabilitation, and polarizes information
giving and receiving. Thus, unknowingly perpetuates oppression, disengagement, discrimination, isolation, and unconscious confirmation to societal and legal inequality. Although all the readings elicited personal reactions and reflections, the remainder of this paper will question and explore concepts presented in Empowering Women of Color and Punishment, Treatment, Empowerment: Three approaches to policy for pregnant Addicts.