In this grad class, a couple of weeks ago, I selected an article by Carol Gilligan, "In a Different Voice," about psychological studies about brain development in infants thru adolescents. The premise of this paper was that the early and hallmark studies of this subject were focused on boys, who exhibit compettive behaviors toward winning, while, it was discovered, by the studies of Gilligan, girls will relinquish winning in favor of maintaining relationships, ending a competition in favor of that. Further, girls place lmportance on caregiving and nurturing, while males place importance on "individuation," moving on toward success, negating the caring aspect.
Another memorable thread in this paper mentioned that women exhibit a "fear of success," because of the potential of loss of femininity and social rejection. I have experienced this myself.
I wonder what any of you have to say about this.
Patty