Response To Gilligan's Theory Analysis

Gilligan's work, which focuses on sex differences in moral reasoning, the perception of violence, the resolution of sexual dilemmas and abortion decisions, poses a major challenge to Kohlberg's theory by introducing a feminist perspective of moral development.Gilligan justifies her argument by creating the Three Stages of Moral Development for Women. The three major divisions are preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. The transitions between the stages are fueled by changes in the sense of self rather than in changes in cognitive capability. Kohlberg had shown that the average female attained a moral judgment rating of stage three good boy-nice girl. Gilligan suggests that these findings reveal a gender bias, not that females

When it came to raising me along with my brothers and sisters my mom helped also with the decision making. In 6th grade, my parents sat me down to discuss the decisions made and explain to me how important it was for me to think through the decisions to become independent. My parents knew that they could not be with me 24 hours a day so they know how important making the right decisions would be. Therefore, this explained that stress independence/autonomy was present in my life. I think my parents thought entering middle school where most kids make life changing decisions i would be independent enough to make the correct decisions without falling into peer pressure. Also, I remember my parents sitting down and talking with my brothers and sister just before middle school. Now that i am older, my parents still have not change we still have discussions together about what we are doing in our lives and we ask each other for advice and value each others opinions. I think when i get married and have a family there will be independence/autonomy in my own family because of the way i was raised. Furthermore, when i look back on my life, I thought 6th grade was the perfect time just before middle school to sit down with my parents and i will sit down with my children at that grade/age. Finally, my parents encourage autonomy, they allowed and encouraged me to think, set goals