Feminist Approaches To Personality Theory

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Arose in

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1960’s and 1970’s as a result of social, political, and civil movements.

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Karen Horneye

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Beginnings of feminism

argued social conditions were the cause of women’s behavior.

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Clara Thompson

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1942. Notes the centrality of relationships in development and encourage women to define themselves on the basis of their own strengths…this was during the war, gave women a foot in the door into the working world.
      Clara and Horneye wrote women into psychology

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Who said “I myself have never known what feminism is. I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat”

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Rebecca west in 1913

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Second wave of feminism

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Influenced by civil rights, anti war, youth activism movements during the 1960’s. Driven by a wide variety of women’s concerns, including sex discrimination; limited opportunities in employment; restraints on reproductive freedom; and concerns about domestic violence, sexual victimization, and women’s unpaid labour.

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Carol Gilligan

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Theory of morality in 1972 was looked at seriously, personhood applied to the way you treat other people. Serious feminist gain

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Male was equated with being human

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Until z1980

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Feminism is a collection of movements within four major subcategories

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Yes

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Liberal feminism

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Seeks reform within existing structures and inclusion of women I’m arenas where they have traditionally been excluded. Focuses on legal and social change. Women’s groups actively seek reform, legislation, and empowerment for women through political and social campaigns

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Radical feminism

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Founded on belief that women are regulated to second class status in relation to men.  Patriarchal structure of our society oppresses women and that structure must be abolished.  Marriage, birth, and child were used as mechanisms of male control and domination. Peak of radical movement 1967-1975
Violence against women-rape and pornography effects on women were shown. As a result rape crisis centers and women's shelters have been developed

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Socialist feminism

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Firmly entrenched gender roles of society oppress women.
Work, education, family structures, and sexuality as opposed to the radical feminist belief that the oppression is a direct result of male privilege within patriarchy. Marriage is a system of enslavement for women. They disagree with the systems of things, have to change how the institution works

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Cultural feminism

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Seeks to resurrect, reconsider, amd revision the cultural meanings of female qualities and the concept on feminine. Holds the be
If that women hold special unique qualities such as intuition, emotionality, and rationality for which they have traditionally been oppressed.
Emphasize the essential qualities in males and females

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Cultural feminism contributions

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1) Celebration and honoring of motherhood
2) a resurgence of women’s spirituality, including the resurrection of goddess of traditions
3) re-evaluations and reformation of traditional philosophies of knowledge including logical positivism, or the scientific approach, which values objectivity and empirical proof

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Nancy chodorow 1978

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Gendered division of labour is reflected in family roles that place primary responsibility for parenting on the mother and in the different ways that moths relate to their daughters and sons.
Specifically girls are taught to remain attached to their mother, while boys are taught to separate from their mother, as a result their attitudes related to achievement and so on.

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Carol Gilligan

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The differences between moral development of girls and boys. Gilligan’sstudy emphasized relational morality as opposed to a morality based on law and order.
She suggested that women are concerned with how their actions dans decisions will affect others, thus influencing their decision making process.

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Relational cultural theory

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All growth occurs in connection that all people yearn for a connection, and that growth fostering relationships created to mutual empathy and mutual empowerment

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Five good things that characterize growth fostering relationships

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Increased zest
Increased Ability to take action
Increased Clarity
Increased Sense of worth
A desire for relationships beyond that particular relationship

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Relationships miller theme

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1) we grow in through and towards relationship
2) for women especially, connection with others is central to psychological well being
3) …

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Gilligan believes

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Woman’s sense of self and morality revolves around issues of responsibility for, and care of, other people.

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Gilligan believed - orientation

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Women’s orientation is towards relationships
Men’s orientation is towards separation.
Men need to learn appreciation of context.

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Model of self

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Mutual empathy and mutual empowerment are at the cow of growth enhancing relationships

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Empathy involves

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A motivational desire(desire to know the other)
Perceptual component(to percieve verbal and non verbal signals)
Affective component(to resonate with another persons feelings)
Look up last one

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Factors that’s must be present in order to create diverse flexible and inclusive personality theory

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1) look up.

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Emma Goldman

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Motto should not be forgive one another, but understand one another

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Organic inquiry

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The methodology is sacred, personal. Chthonic…