A review by seakay05
In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development by Carol Gilligan

4.0

In a Different Voice is a short but fairly dense read that I found enjoyable. I read the second edition (beginning with an excerpt of it for class), and I appreciate the incredible move Gilligan made for women in the psychological field. I definitely think her work was very important for the time, and it made a large impact. At the same time, I think to no surprise, I also found her theory incredibly binary, as I think she has herself, seeing that she's recently published a revised third edition. While her thoughts were undoubtedly necessary for the time, her revision for the current day was definitely necessary. Otherwise, I'm a big fan of her writing style and the way she describes her experiments, if not a little worried about the tiny sample sizes of her studies haha. Still very enjoyable, and I got through it pretty quickly.