In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development Paperback – August 29, 2016

Made me more critical of men’s thought processes for sure in reading this, even in how male interviewers treat females. They do not treat the women with respect, and then expect better treatment from the women which is hypocritical in nature. What I took away from this book is that men have a tendency to stumble, women just don’t point those stumbles out to them like men do to women. That psychological mistreatment of women by men snowballs and causes the women harm. Excellent read for contrasting some differences between men and women in thought processes though it should also be noted not all men and women think like those described in this book. Highly recommend.

Gilligan's seminal work is a must read for insight into feminist theory. Unfortunately, the negative review I read regarding the criticism that the book is male-bashing is disingenuous. What Gilligan's argument suggests is that women speak in a different voice than men because of cultural and societal influences and expectations. She does posit that masculine characteristics have been detrimental to many aspects of human connectedness and relationships.

I discovered this book in my daughter's dorm room bookshelf during her Jr. year of college. I opened it, started to read, and did not want to put it down. This book is a must-read for any teacher, parent, Dads with daughters, school administrators, police...EVERYONE. I got this copy to keep on my shelf for future reference. I love this book!

Gilligan's book is now dated in some ways, even with her added "letter to the reader". However it was ground-shaking when it was published and it remains an important book describing psychological and ethical issues that remain salient in our culture decades later. Many of these issues directly affect women, young or old, but many also affect men, and men and women in relationship.I have used this book over the course of a couple of decades in teaching both social psychology and ethics, for it continues to have a strong dual relevance. Questions regarding the differential psychology of men and women remain unanswered for the most part, often unspoken, as men assume their route to and definition of psychological maturity and health apply equally to women, and women tacitly and too often unconsciously let men speak for them. In ethics, what is here called the "ethic of care" has gradually become more prominent in the writing of feminist ethicists, but it has older roots, including the teaching and writing of H. Richard Niebuhr and, probably, the true ethics behind the Christian gospel. Nevertheless this school of ethics continues to be adumbrated by Aristotelian and Kantian models, both valid in their own spheres, and Gilligan's exposition remains one of the important modern anchors of this alternative perspective.Too many women today remain subordinated in a culturally male-dominated perspective when it comes to their own self-assessment and self-understanding. Too many men similarly remain captured by their own individualistic, emotionally-suppressed, and justice-oriented (cf. Kohlberg, Gilligan's teacher) stereotypes, all of which inhibit emotional, relational, and ethical potential. And, of course, such culturally-imposed blinders, worn by professionals as well as lay people, have impacts that are social and political in addition to individual.For all these reasons, and despite previously-published criticism of her psychological research as well as her ethical discussion, men as well as women should continue to read this book and to discuss it among themselves.

This book is a classic, of which, in my elderly ignorance I was unaware. Carol Gilligan was the first female philosopher to be taken seriously, the first to introduce the possibility that women are as valuable as men, albeit different, the first in a series of writers to examine a new ethic - Care Ethics. A must read!!

I was absolutely delighted! The book itself is in good shape and it was even delivered across the border to me in Canada.Thank you for your service. Now if we can just get Netflix, etc. to allow Canadians all the same movies and tv shows as it offersall Americans, that would be fantastic.Kate

Highlights differences in the ways that women work and develop differently from men.

A beautiful book wrapped beautifully with a nice note.Thank you !