Gender Differences in Reasoning About Military Intervention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12005157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Finlay (Texas A&M University, corresponding author), Gayle Dienberg Love (Institute on Aging, Madison, WI) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 481-485 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1998.tb00169.x |
| OpenAlex | W2141652284 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
The question of gender associations with moral reasoning and values has received a great deal of attention since Gilligan first published In a Different Voice in 1982. Various authors have argued that women are less hierarchical, more relational, more caring, more empathetic, and more concerned about not harming others than men. Yet, these claims have been questioned by other scholars. Data from a small survey of college students are used to address this question. We found that, in examining students' narrative justifications of their opinion on a particular question of military intervention, gender was related to the type of justification used in a manner consistent with the arguments of Gilligan. We argue that “objective” tests are less likely to detect this difference than content analyses of narratives. The different bases of judgments have implications for political opinions as well as interpersonal interactions
Developmental psychology · Interpersonal communication · Intervention (counseling · Narrative · Politics · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2016 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |