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Girls appear to reach another critical juncture at adolescence. Drawing on interviews with youngsters in Boston and students at public and private schools -- including the Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y., and the Laurel School in Shaker Heights, Ohio -- Gilligan and her collaborators conclude that girls reach a psychological impasse around age 11 when they confront the conventions of a male-dominated culture. They discover that their intense awareness of intimacy is not highly prized, even though society perceives women as caring and altruistic. The dilemma, says Gilligan, is that "for girls to remain responsive to themselves, they must resist...
That may sound a bit overblown, but there are a few areas where the findings are having some influence. Educators are beginning to reconsider teaching methods in order to take advantage of women's sense of relationship. For example, at the Emma Willard School, the entire curriculum has been revised to emphasize cooperative learning rather than individual competition and to encourage girls to analyze and express ideas from their own perspective rather than parrot back the accepted dogma. In psychology, distant, impersonal therapists are gradually giving way to more empathic and active listeners who are better able to help women...
...primary objective," says headmaster Willard G. Wyman, a former Stanford dean who favors blue jeans and cowboy boots over business suits, "is making teenagers feel good about themselves." The key to doing that, Wyman believes, is horses. "A horse is big, strong, timid and stupid," explains % Jack Huyler, 69, a retired director of the horse program. "A kid has a constant crisis until he learns that you control the horse by controlling yourself...
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