Gilligan found that boys and girls develop different moral outlooks. Which pair did she describe?
ACare for boys, justice for girls
BJustice for boys, care for girls
CJustice for both, care for none
DCare for both, justice for none
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Justice for boys, care for girls
1. Gilligan noticed that Kohlberg had studied male subjects only.
2. She set out to compare how boys and girls develop morality.
3. Boys tended toward a justice perspective, stressing rules and laws.
4. Girls tended toward a care and responsibility perspective, weighing the reasons behind behavior.
5. Gilligan refused to rank one above the other; the two serve different purposes.
6. She linked them to a work environment run on rules and a home environment run on flexibility.
7. Swapping the two perspectives reverses her actual finding.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 5.1 Theories of Self-Development_
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