Transforming psychological practice

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Men dominate academic psychology in Britain. In this paper two women authors discuss the impact of this on their own and their students' experience of psychology. They examine the influence of their emotional, personal, and domestic lives as well as their increasing awareness of the ways in which psychology oppresses women, on the psychology they practice as teachers, writers, and researchers. They also explore the ways in which their own expectations and experiences of psychology differ from those of their male colleagues. It is suggested that the authors, and perhaps women's psychology in Britain, have moved beyond the stage of imitation of the dominant patriarchal tradition, by rejecting mainstream academic psychology in favour of feminist approaches and by the “giving away” of psychology to non‐academic audiences. They are now moving into a further phase, that of self‐discovery, where they can, at last, practice a psychology that is meaningful to them as women. The challenge which this involves is acknowledged.

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