“…Feminist researchers are concerned with valuing and validating women's experiences and ideas, their position in the social structure, the desire to bring about social change of oppressive constraints (Hall & Stevens 1991), and exploring women's perceptions, experiences and feelings as they attempt to make women visible (Delmar 1986, Harding 1987, Rosser 1987, Ricketts 1989, Unger 1989, Fonow & Cook 1991, Lather 1991, Crowley & Himmelweit 1992, Reinharz 1992, Maynard & Purvis 1994, Bowes 1996, Puwar 1997. One other tenet that feminist researchers follow is an emphasis on equality and mutuality, which balances the relationship between researcher and researched, and uses consciousness-raising as a methodological tool to empower women (Fonow & Cook 1991, Lather 1991, Bowes 1996, Millen 1997.…”