Reply to critics

Carol Gilligan

doi:10.4324/9780203760192-26

Reply to critics

Carol Gilligan

Applied Psychology

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The sex difference issue was raised in a curiously unacknowledged way by those psychologists who chose all-male research samples, since the choice of a single-sex sample reflects an implicit premise of gender difference. But a sex-difference hypothesis cannot be tested adequately unless the standards of assessment are derived from studies of women as well as from studies of men. Otherwise, the questions being asked are: How much are women like men? Or, how much do women deviate from the male-defined standard?.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	An Ethic of Care
Subtitle of host publication	Feminist and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	207-214
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781134712465
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203760192-26
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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