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- 1. Hi there! and shewill be our topic for this afternoon session!
- 2. ... helping voicesto be heard. American Feminist, ethicist, and psychologist.
- 3. • How wouldwe understand the world if women were not included in general human development studies? • How are men and women different and how are they similar? • Have you ever been in a situation where you have silenced and felt like you couldn't say what you what you wanted t?
- 4. • Are womenand men different? • How can we get women and girls on the map? • A different voice • Towards a new understanding
- 5. • There isresearch and theory about gender differences that valued the voices of girls and women. • women are more likely to make moral decisions based on issues of care, inclusion, and personal connection, rather on a more abstract and distant notion of justice. • she interviewed mostly to conduct her research
- 6. • Born onNov. 28, 1936 • FAMILY ⚬ Raised in Jewish family in New York city. ⚬ Father was a lawyer and mother was a nursery school teacher. ⚬ Married to a fellow psychologist James Gilligan M.D. ⚬ Has three sons • INTERESTS ⚬ Literature and theater arts ⚬ Piano ⚬ Pursued modern dance as an undergrad ⚬ Love and relationships
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- 8. • Erik Erikson-"ego" psychoanalysis, identity crisis, 8 stages of moral development • Lawrence Kohlberg- Five sages of moral Devlopment, adolescent research • Mary Belenky- Five stages of Knowing, silence
- 9. • Gilligan's theoryof moral development is called the Ethics of Care. • Through her research, she found the idea of care to be essential when considering the development of all people, and that all humans value the ability to create and maintain relationships.
- 10. • Pre-conventional stage,- person -benefit of themselves. • Conventional stage, someone else-regardless of how it makes the decision-maker feel. • Post-conventional stage, balance- best for both parties , accountability for the consequences.
- 11. • Gilligan's theoryincluded research findings from women whereas Kohlberg did not address the pattern of behavior of women. • Gilligan also suggested that decisions are made based on experience and care, not just right or wrong justice-based thinking.
- 12. • Known forlectures integrating literature, mythology, biography, and history. • Women like to solved problems and do school work that involve relationships within the community, and "real-life" dilemmas.