Gilligan explains that girls perceive danger in separation, in standing out from the crowd at the threat of exclusion. She writes, “The danger men describe in their stories of intimacy is a danger of entrapment or betrayal, being caught in a smothering relationship or humiliated by rejection and deceit. In contrast, the danger women portray in their tales of achievement is a danger of isolation, a fear that in standing out or being set apart by success, they will be left alone.” What’s more, Gilligan’s research describes how boys shape their morality around being someone in the world, adhering
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