Carol Gilligan Research Paper
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In the reading concerning Carol Gilligan’s theories on the development of women living in a man’s world, I can remember growing up in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s and a woman’s role was that of a homemaker and a care giver. Her job was to stay home and take care of the children and her securing a job was out of the question. During those decades, there were very few women in advanced positions in politics and very few, if any, in leadership roles in the corporate world. Men were the leaders, women were the nurturers. That was the mindset back then. That kind of thinking clearly would not sit well today with the female population, although a percentage of woman and in more recent times, men, would be happy to stay …show more content…
34).
When women achieve a high degree of success, sometimes they are not embraced by other individuals because they have a job to do and that is to compete with men and maintain a harder edge, but lose that softer quality that a woman has and are then seen in a different light.
From the reading Gilligan posits that the discovery is being made by men in midlife of the importance of intimacy, relationships and care is something that women have known from the beginning (Diessner, 2008, p. 34). All I can really say about that is, it is about time.
There is nothing wrong with men being all of those things. It is about time for a little role reversal here. I like the idea of a man being more caring, nurturing and concerned more about the relationships in his life.
Gardner & Walters From the reading, Gardner and Walters (2008) posits that intelligence is a general ability that is found in varying degrees in all individuals. It is the key to success in solving problems (Diessner, 2008, p.
In the reading concerning Carol Gilligan’s theories on the development of women living in a man’s world, I can remember growing up in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s and a woman’s role was that of a homemaker and a care giver. Her job was to stay home and take care of the children and her securing a job was out of the question. During those decades, there were very few women in advanced positions in politics and very few, if any, in leadership roles in the corporate world. Men were the leaders, women were the nurturers. That was the mindset back then. That kind of thinking clearly would not sit well today with the female population, although a percentage of woman and in more recent times, men, would be happy to stay …show more content…
34).
When women achieve a high degree of success, sometimes they are not embraced by other individuals because they have a job to do and that is to compete with men and maintain a harder edge, but lose that softer quality that a woman has and are then seen in a different light.
From the reading Gilligan posits that the discovery is being made by men in midlife of the importance of intimacy, relationships and care is something that women have known from the beginning (Diessner, 2008, p. 34). All I can really say about that is, it is about time.
There is nothing wrong with men being all of those things. It is about time for a little role reversal here. I like the idea of a man being more caring, nurturing and concerned more about the relationships in his life.
Gardner & Walters From the reading, Gardner and Walters (2008) posits that intelligence is a general ability that is found in varying degrees in all individuals. It is the key to success in solving problems (Diessner, 2008, p.