The Mismeasure of Woman
- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Feminism & Psychology
- Vol. 3 (2) , 149-168
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353593032002
Abstract
Psychology, like society at large, continues to be baffled by the persistent belief that men and women differ in important psychological ways, in spite of countless studies that fail to demonstrate such differences or that capture them for only a brief moment. New approaches avoid the polarization of `male' and female' traits, emphasizing how and why these qualities change over the life span, across cultures and throughout history. To understand where the differences are, we must look to narrative, power, and the conditions of our lives.Keywords
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