Heeding the necessary call for interpersonal communication research to be theorized and conducted from a more critical perspective, we employ feminist standpoint theory as a critical tool for reading attribution theory. Specifically, we examine social positionality as an essential aspect of the attribution process and identify how oppressive power structures (macro-level) and a critical consciousness of one’s social positionality (micro-level) impact interpersonal interactions (meso-level). Key components of our approach are visualized and applied to the context of sexual violence, and suggestions for additional interpersonal contexts to consider and ways to further the discussion are addressed. Overall, we maintain that taking a non-neutral, critical feminist approach to attribution theory enables us to consider how perspectives of marginalized groups are valuable sources of knowledge, interrogate how social positionality for those in power may impact attributions of blame, and recognize how groups in the margins have the agency to enact social change.

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重新审视归因理论：迈向理解责任归因的批判性女权主义方法

注意到对人际传播研究进行理论化和从更批判的角度进行的必要呼吁，我们采用女权主义立场理论作为阅读归因理论的批判工具。具体来说，我们将社会定位性作为归因过程的一个重要方面进行研究，并确定压迫性权力结构（宏观层面）和对个人社会定位性（微观层面）的批判意识如何影响人际交往（中观层面）。我们方法的关键组成部分被可视化并应用于性暴力的背景下，并提出了关于考虑其他人际背景的建议以及进一步讨论的方法。总体而言，我们认为采取非中性，