So-called “positionality statements” are a threat to scientific inquiry. A foundational principle of truth-seeking is the norm of universalism: the concept that work must be judged on its own merits. ...

P ositionality statements, in which scholars declare identity categories to which they belong and indicate how such categories might bias their research, have become commonplace in the social sciences ...

Reflexivity constitutes a foundational principle in qualitative inquiry, requiring researchers to engage in continuous self‐questioning about how their backgrounds, beliefs and positionalities shape ...