Gilligan’s & Hampton’s Theory
Who are Jake and Amy?
Jake is an eleven old boy and he is being interviewed by the study corroborate on the earlier report on the sex difference in aggression as depicted from (Terman and Tyler 1953).Jak being at the tender age is able to analyze male fantasy on the occurrence of violence. Jak, in his right thinking describes violence as an explosive description which may end up in grabbing somebody’s properties as a way of getting a solution or self compensation.
He perceives aggression as a consonant which may further widen a gap in the human relationship. However the same men desire and images reveals an environment where connection is portioned and therefore communication is cut and betrayal takes its course as there is nothing that shows any sign of truth. When the boy is asked if whether from his own perception if really such things do exist, Jak wonders what to say because he is not quite sure if what people say is right or wrong. To actually come out from this dilemma of whether it’s true or not true about peoples view, He uses the personality analysis, by comparing truth to lie in math and certainty to reside in logic. According to Jak there is no place where truth can be established whether through class work or from intimacy. Although aggression has been viewed as the main cause of violence, communication barrier and lack of knowledge from the human relationship are the main contributors. This in contrary to what Amy, who is also eleven years old thinks concerning aggression. Amy sets out to enhance connection between the women and the men. The boy says that women’s fantasy is to create harmony when men portray aggression.
How do the interviews with these two children figure in Carol Gillian’s theory?
The aggression in this case is experienced by both genders and they are not able to establish the cause of it why it causes isolation in human relationship. According to Carol Gillian theory, He introduces the imagery of relationship as being the centre claim in regard to the Views given out by Men. He depicts that Men and Women view relationship differently.
The children interviews are well correlated with the theory as their views are similar to the theory.
How do the interviews figure in Jean Hampton’s theory?
Jean Hampton Theory is well expressed in the alienation contract which stipulates “a contract on the part of a people to alienate their rights to adjudicate their own disputes and self-defense to a sovereign, on the grounds that that was the only way to keep the peace given the nature of the alternative, which he famously characterized as life that would be “solitary, poorer, nasty, brutish, and short.”
The interviews’ are figured out in this theory, as from their interview questions they were enquiring if really violence may bring isolation existing between the human relationships. In this aspect the circumstances under which justice should be applicable ought to have some elements of benefits to both individuals and if it does not happen then human being should try any possibility to get justice for themselves. In essence, the theory portrays a close connection between liberalism and contractual binding in which individuals are thought to be the best judges of their own interest and the means to satisfy their desires.
Reference
Jean Baker Miller (1976)
Whiting and Pope, 1973
Maccoby and Jacklin, 1974)
