Response To Gilligan's Moral Development

In her article, “Beyond Caring: The Demoralization of Gender”, Friedman states that the difference in moral reasoning between genders is because of the difference in primary moral forms of commitment which structure moral thought. According to Friedman, there are two types of primary moral commitments; the first is commitment to a particular person and the second is commitment to abstract principles, values, and rules.

The mind is shaped by those with which one surrounds him or herself. This is a result of the human desire to see oneself in others as a tactic to relate and discover commonalities. The inclination to build relationships and connect to other humans is so strong that people become dependent on external gratification, even in environments where acquaintances do not necessarily reflect a person on the most basic level: sex. Due to overpowering masculinity, women oftentimes submit to the ideals of their male counterparts and the societal expectations pushed onto them as women in a patriarchal society. Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones displays that the feminine inferiority complex is not innate, but rather is informed by external forces.

We’ve all heard of the popular children’s television show “Spongebob Squarepants”, but what you might not know is that each of the characters represent the seven deadly sins. At first glance, it may seem like Spongebob Squarepants offers nothing more valuable than a few laughs here and there. People have

After reading “Young Goodman Brown” I believe the theme of the story is the weakness of public morality. I came up with this theme, because we see in this story that Brown seeks out to the devil, because he finds out that his father and grandfather both follow the devil. By Brown copying his father and grandfathers beliefs we see his faith become weak. This story shows us how one cannot judge others if they are good or bad, by looking at their religious beliefs.

who also founded The National Organization for Women (NOW) to help US women gain equal rights. She describes the "feminine mystique" as the heightened awareness of the expectations of women and how each woman has to fit a certain role as a

People all over the world have different view on moralism. Some think things are moral, while others think it is immoral. A lot of these different viewpoints come from things we say, hear, and watch. If one was to look for a moral show to watch, The Office, by Greg Daniels, would not be the right show. Season four, episode nine, titled “Dinner Party”, is a show that many find humorous and are unable to put down. On the contrary, it has many immoral scenes and thoughts that some would not enjoy to watch. Although, under these immoral ideas, there is an important hidden lesson that can be taken away from watching this show that is relevant in society today.

In the reading “Hearing the Difference: Theorizing Connection” by Carol Gillian, Gillian talks about a shift from the psychological patriarchal “norm” when the voice of women started to become less peripheral and more central. She relates the voice to the relationships, experiences and connections of women. She separates her ideas into the feminine ethic of care, which is the ethic of obligations and interpersonal relationships in a patriarchal world, and the feminist ethic of care, which is the connection and disconnection of human life which requires change. She believed that the psychological knowledge that had been recently gained at that time was a map toward the future, and that although it may be hard, the voice of women had been heard

Gilman's point for me was the lack of knowing each pther spectrum in and out the home. We never know the struggles of either gender but from a woman realiziing the perspectives of a man we do notsee the thoughts and sacrifices of a man outside of the house. Mollie experienced

Women tend to be more emotional and rational then men, whereas men are far less emotional and react on impulse. The different understanding of the ways that each sex communicates is still to be studied. Women tend to react more emotionally than men, resulting in submerging themselves, mind body and soul into making decisions. Meanwhile men, impulsively react to situations for the sake of having a reason to do so. Men see women as less competent to making decisions that involve a lot of thought, and this is due to women’s

Annette Bair and Marilyn Friedman have opposing views on whether women have distinct moral perspectives. Like Friedman, I believe that women have no different moral perspectives than men. Some people, like Bair, think that women base their moral perspectives on merely trust and love and men base theirs on justice. Friedman points out that care and justice coincide . People use justice to decide what is appropriate in caring relationships and care is brought into account when determining what is just. Since these two moral perspectives correspond, gender does not distinguish different moral perspectives.

Lastly, I want to touch on Nola’s moral development. Gilligan expresses this with females in a three step process. Stage 1 is where Nola has gradually achieved this stage by understanding she is no longer a child and has to see what is not only best for her but the others around her. For example, Nola knows she is a everyday example for her little sister. She knows Lola looks up to her and wants make good decisions.

Do More Androgynous Self-Images Lead to Higher Levels of Moral Development? Throughout our lives we undergo many developmental changes. Two developmental areas of interest are self image and moral development. As we move through the developmental stages, the way we interpret sex roles and our self-image according to those changes, as does the way we interpret moral dilemmas. There are several theories that claim different forms of development parallel with our sex role self-concept (i.e Loevinger’s ego development theory. Leahy & Eiter, 1980). Our sex role self-concept may also parallel the development of post conventional moral thinking; meaning that those who are more androgynous will have higher post conventional moral thinking as

The Struggle of Women Trying to be Equal to Men Throughout many decades women have been struggling to be equal to men, both at home and in the work place. Women have come a long way and are certainly fighting to gain that equality, but gender roles are very important in our society. They have become important in life from birth, and society continues to push these gender roles. The treatment of the male gender is very different from that of the female, and this issue has become very important to me, as a woman. As children we learn and adapt to specific gender roles, and as we grow they become more evident and more important to our role in a society. There is a lot of discrimination against the female gender. Carol Gilligan argued that

In Things fall apart, women are featured as the main teachers of children. They tell them stories, teach them how to behave with other people and especially the girls are taught a higher level of manners rather than the boys, " children sat around their mother's cooking fire telling stories," (Achebe 25). The children are taught good morals and traditional values by their parents and in this case, their mothers, who teach them social values and good interpersonal skills. Women have been regarded as inferior objects in societies but this does not turn them down from performing their societal roles especially that of being the educator of the children at home.

Thao Nguyen English 101 Mr. Merchant October 19, 2012 Essay #2 Causes and Effects of Gender Inequality Throughout history, countless acts of gender inequality can be identified; the causes of these discriminating accounts can be traced back to different causes. The general morality of the inequity relies on a belief that men are superior