Differences Quote by Carol Gilligan

“At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered.”

Carol Gilligan

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The hardest times for me were not when people challenged what I said, but when I felt my voice was not heard.

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