Carol Gilligan quotes

Carol Gilligan is an American psychologist known for her groundbreaking research on moral development and gender differences. Her book "In a Different Voice" challenged traditional views and highlighted the importance of women's perspectives in psychology. She has had a lasting influence on feminist theory, education, and ethics. Here are 8 of her 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)

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

Carol Gilligan

I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing.

Carol Gilligan

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

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

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

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

Everything about women is in perpetual crisis.

Carol Gilligan

Carol Gilligan

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Occupation: American Psychologist
Born: November 28, 1936
Quotes count: 8

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