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Carol Gilligan Quotes

For a man to be a man, did he have to be a soldier, or at least prepare himself for war? For a woman to be a woman, did she have to be a mother, or at least prepare herself to raise children? Soldiers and mothers were the sacrificial couple, honored by statues in the park, lauded for their willingness to give their lives to others Picture Quote #1

It all goes back, of course, to Adam and Eve - a story which shows among other things, that if you make a woman out of a man, you are bound to get into trouble Picture Quote #1

Everything about women is in perpetual crisis Picture Quote #1

At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered Picture Quote #1

In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection Picture Quote #1

I’ve found that if I say what I’m really thinking and feeling, people are more likely to say what they really think and feel. The conversation becomes a real conversation Picture Quote #1

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The hardest times for me were not when people challenged what I said, but when I felt my voice was not heard Picture Quote #1

I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing Picture Quote #1

Women have traditionally deferred to the judgment of men although often while intimating a sensibility of their own which is at variance with that judgment Picture Quote #1

Maybe love is like rain. Sometimes gentle, sometimes torrential, flooding, eroding, joyful, steady, filling the earth, collecting in underground springs. When it rains, when we love, life grows Picture Quote #1

Pleasure is a sensation. It is written into our bodies; it is our experience of delight, of joy.... Pleasure will become a marker, a compass pointing to emotional true north Picture Quote #1

Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense Picture Quote #1

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The women’s movement is taking a different form right now, and it is because it has been so effective and so successful that there’s a huge counter movement to try to stop it, to try to divide women from one another, to try to almost foment divisiveness Picture Quote #1

... While men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as acts of strength Picture Quote #1

The blind willingness to sacrifice people to truth, however, has always been the danger of an ethics abstracted from life Picture Quote #1

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For a man to be a man, did he have to be a soldier, or at least prepare himself for war? For a woman to be a woman, did she have to be a mother, or at least prepare herself to raise children? Soldiers and mothers were the sacrificial couple, honored by statues in the park, lauded for their willingness to give their lives to others (Carol Gilligan Quotes) It all goes back, of course, to Adam and Eve - a story which shows among other things, that if you make a woman out of a man, you are bound to get into trouble. (Carol Gilligan Quotes) Everything about women is in perpetual crisis (Carol Gilligan Quotes) At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered (Carol Gilligan Quotes) In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection (Carol Gilligan Quotes) I’ve found that if I say what I’m really thinking and feeling, people are more likely to say what they really think and feel. The conversation becomes a real conversation (Carol Gilligan Quotes) The hardest times for me were not when people challenged what I said, but when I felt my voice was not heard (Carol Gilligan Quotes) I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing (Carol Gilligan Quotes) Women have traditionally deferred to the judgment of men although often while intimating a sensibility of their own which is at variance with that judgment (Carol Gilligan Quotes) Maybe love is like rain. Sometimes gentle, sometimes torrential, flooding, eroding, joyful, steady, filling the earth, collecting in underground springs. When it rains, when we love, life grows (Carol Gilligan Quotes) Pleasure is a sensation. It is written into our bodies; it is our experience of delight, of joy.... Pleasure will become a marker, a compass pointing to emotional true north (Carol Gilligan Quotes) Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense (Carol Gilligan Quotes) The women’s movement is taking a different form right now, and it is because it has been so effective and so successful that there’s a huge counter movement to try to stop it, to try to divide women from one another, to try to almost foment divisiveness (Carol Gilligan Quotes) ... While men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as acts of strength (Carol Gilligan Quotes) The blind willingness to sacrifice people to truth, however, has always been the danger of an ethics abstracted from life (Carol Gilligan Quotes)