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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

Topics: Aggression Between Care Connection Different Ethic Failure Lies Origins Relationship Responsibility Tie Truth Voice Women

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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

Topics: Adam Adam And Eve Among Back Bound Course Eve Get Goes Make Man Other Out Shows Story Things Trouble Which Woman You

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

~Carol Gilligan

Topics: Biologically Constructed Deeply Determined Differences Disturbing Find Gender Question Socially Whether

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Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense.

~Carol Gilligan

Topics: About Book Felt How Made Many Me Read Really Remember Sense Suddenly Things Thought Were Where Women

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The women's movement is taking a different form right now, and it is because it has been so effective and so successful that there's a huge counter movement to try to stop it, to try to divide women from one another, to try to almost foment divisiveness.

~Carol Gilligan

Topics: Almost Another Because Been Counter Different Divide Effective Form Huge Movement Now Right Stop Successful Taking Try Women

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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

Topics: Being Between Differences Discrimination Efforts Equality Eradicate Justice Made Search Sexes Social Time

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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

Topics: Although Judgment Men Often Own Sensibility Which While Women

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Everything about women is in perpetual crisis.

~Carol Gilligan

Topics: About Crisis Everything Perpetual Women

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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

Topics: Becomes Conversation Feel Feeling Found Likely More People Real Really Say Think Thinking

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

~Carol Gilligan

Topics: Challenged Felt Hardest Heard Me People Said Times Voice Were

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: November 28th, 1936

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