PSY343H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Grammatical Gender, Egalitarianism, Alexithymia
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No single person is responsible for the creation or development of feminist therapy; it has been a collaborative endeavor involving hundreds or thousands of clinicians. Modern psychotherapy was created by white men in their own image. A different voice, by carol gilligan (1982) = early, influential work that contested androcentric vision of psychological science and reframed it in more inclusive, feminist terms. inspired by. No consensual area personality a person"s identity is profoundly influenced by prevailing environmental pressures, such as gender roles and gender-based discrimination. Gender influences cognitive structure and behavior patterns. Psychological difference between genders are primarily due to children being raised by women. Gender politics are deeply embedded in the fabric of american society. Relational-cultural theory = emerged in the late 1970s to explain female development throughout the lifespan. Mother blaming = portrays mothers as responsible for virtually all problems of their children.
