Stephen,
When you get a chance, I'd love to see the references re Gilligan you
mention. I'm curious - what theory of moral development has the most
support?
Diana Kyle
Fullerton College
California
Stephen Black wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Is there really a difference in moral development between the sexes?
> >
>
> OK, it's two in a row for me but our system is shutting down later
> today for the week-end, so I'm allowed to get my say in now.
>
> Dear mysterious JHe:
>
> I think it was Freud who first made the claim. Finding that his
> ridiculous theory of moral development didn't make sense for women
> (because it requires that the child fear that his penis will be cut
> off, leading to development of the superego, and girls might have a
> little difficulty in fearing _ that_), one might have expected him to
> abandon his theory. He didn't. Instead, he claimed that women have an
> inferior superego and therefore inferior moral sense [have a great
> quote from him on that, but unfortunately at school] and his
> outrageous theory was just fine, thank you.
>
> I believe the idea was revived by Carol Gilligan, who gave it a
> feminist slant. She argued that women and men have a different kind of
> morality. For women, it was something she called a morality of caring,
> for men, it was a morality of justice. As tests of moral standards
> were biased towards a morality of justice, it was no wonder that women
> scored lower on them. The only trouble was--they didn't.
>
> I believe that Gilligan's theory has consequently been fully
> discredited [references at school, on request].
>
> BTW, welcome to the list or at least to non-lurker status. It's
> customary for posters on this list to identify themselves in some way
> through a signature file (see mine below) or at least through a line
> added after their name. It's also friendlier if we have a name to
> respond to.
>
> As one of my concerns is the difficulty people have in finding out
> about TIPS, I'd be curious to know how you discovered it.
>
> -Stephen
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