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Abstract
Feminism has changed and psychology has too. There are many feminists in psychology and they have produced a substantial body of knowledge exploring gender, sex, sexuality, the relations between women and men, and many previously unexamined aspects of women’s (and men’s) lives. Nonetheless, some feminists still do not find psychology a congenial home, mainly because some of the orienting assumptions of mainstream psychology do not sit easily with them. For instance, feminists’ commitment to politically engaged research goes against the grain of psychology’s claims to value-neutrality. In addition, many feminists have embraced research approaches that lie outside the boundaries of conventional social psychology. These are among the issues that we explore in this chapter.