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Cultural Stereotypes of Men and Women

…scribing how “patriarchy creates a rift in the psyche, dividing everyone apart from themselves.” She discusses relationships and parenting, including the dynamics of mother-son and mother-daughter relationships. Finally, Dr. Gilligan addresses the dilemma of pleasure, stating that “pleasure is act one in a play that ends badly.” Emphasizing its importance, she describes how people often defend against pain by not feeling pleasure.  …

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Why Women Find it Diffiicult to Attach to Pleasure

…scribing how “patriarchy creates a rift in the psyche, dividing everyone apart from themselves.” She discusses relationships and parenting, including the dynamics of mother-son and mother-daughter relationships. Finally, Dr. Gilligan addresses the dilemma of pleasure, stating that “pleasure is act one in a play that ends badly.” Emphasizing its importance, she describes how people often defend against pain by not feeling pleasure.  …

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Emotional Honesty in Children

Dr. James Gilligan and Dr. Carol Gilligan explain why children suppress emotional honesty….

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CE Webinar – Understanding and Effectively Treating Violence

…5 90 Minutes Earn 3 CE’s by watching the Webinar and reading an article by Dr. Gilligan. This Webinar will summarize a theory of the causes and prevention of violent behavior, meaning the infliction of injury, especially lethal or life-threatening injury, on a person by a person. The topics discussed will include the evaluation and treatment of individuals who are actually or potentially violent. It will be organized around the concept that violen…

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Dr. Sheldon Solomon on Human Destructiveness: Exclusive Interview

…another humanely and with a greater emphasis on compassion. Read More from Dr. Sheldon Solomon Dr. Sheldon Solomon is a psychologist and the Ross Professor for Interdisciplinary Studies at Skidmore College. He is best known for developing Terror Management Theory, along with Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski, which is concerned with how humans deal with their own sense of mortality. Dr. Solomon is the author or co-author of more than 100 articles…

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Writing "The Birth of Pleasure"

…scribing how “patriarchy creates a rift in the psyche, dividing everyone apart from themselves.” She discusses relationships and parenting, including the dynamics of mother-son and mother-daughter relationships. Finally, Dr. Gilligan addresses the dilemma of pleasure, stating that “pleasure is act one in a play that ends badly.” Emphasizing its importance, she describes how people often defend against pain by not feeling pleasure.  …

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Women’s Adaptation to Living in Our Patriarchal Society

…scribing how “patriarchy creates a rift in the psyche, dividing everyone apart from themselves.” She discusses relationships and parenting, including the dynamics of mother-son and mother-daughter relationships. Finally, Dr. Gilligan addresses the dilemma of pleasure, stating that “pleasure is act one in a play that ends badly.” Emphasizing its importance, she describes how people often defend against pain by not feeling pleasure.  …

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Teaching in Prisons: An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Sheldon Solomon

…ouple of sociopathic child molesters / serial murderers to realize that as James Gilligan put it, we need restraint, not necessarily punishment, however. So, I’m like, OK, thank god for prisons and then I walk in and as I was saying at lunch, we had this orientation. They’re like – these people are animals. Do not really even, don’t look at them, don’t acknowledge them, you know, just go in, say some stuff and walk out. But the classrooms, there w…

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Why Domestic Violence Occurs and How to Stop It

…le, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline -1-800-799-SAFE (7233). On Nov. 12, you can attend a free Webinar with Dr. Lisa Firestone, featuring violence expert Dr. James Gilligan on “Why Does Violence Occur and How Can We Prevent It?” Learn more or register here  …

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The Benefits of Psychotherapy

Dr. James Gilligan discusses the benefits of psychotherapy….

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