Moral Development (and Women's Morality)
This is very important, so please take your time to read it.
Humans are born amoral and learn morality progressively in stages.
Jean Piaget found that children’s ideas regarding rules, moral judgements and punishment tended to change as they got older. In other words just as there were stages to children’s cognitive development so there were also stages to their moral development.
Lawrence Kohlberg then performed many studies and documented these stages of moral development. He categorised them into 6 stages from infancy to adulthood - one can see the stages here (https://images.app.goo.gl/P1iAgEVPh7LxfsEu5) and read more about it here (source: https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Lawrence-Kohlbergs-Six-Stages-of-Moral-Development).
Kohlberg found that moral development stages are progressive, progress by mastering each stage, one at a time. A person could not advance a stage without first mastering the prior stage.
In the stage 1 (Avoiding Punishment), young children obey rules because they are told to do so by an authority figure (parent or guardian or teacher), and because they fear punishment if they do not follow rules. Children at this stage are not able to see someone else's point of view.
In stage 2 (Self-interest), the child begins to understand that others have needs, but seeks to secure the greatest rewards for him/herself. The child may make deals to behave in a certain way in exchange for a payoff. "I'll do this, if you will do that." Sometimes, the payoff is in the knowledge that behaving correctly is in the child's own best interest. They receive approval from authority figures or admiration from peers and avoid blame. They are just beginning to understand that others have their own needs and drives.
In stage 3 (Social Conformity), children begin to be concerned about being accepted by their friends and peers and living up to their expectations. This stage begins around age 10 but lasts well into adulthood, and is the stage most adults remain at throughout their lives.
In stage 4 (Law & Order), Individuals abide by the rules of the society in which they live. These laws and rules become the backbone for all right and wrong actions. Children and adults feel compelled to do their duty and show respect for authority. This reflects a shift from that of their immediate social group to society at large.
In stage 5 (Social Contract & Individual Rights), In this stage, individuals value the will of the majority and the well-being of society. Moral behaviour and moral decisions are based on seeking the greatest good for the greatest number of individuals so that society may continue.
In stage 6 (Universal/Ethical Principles), the individual governs themselves by what they consider to be universal moral principles, usually involving equal rights and respect. They obey laws and social rules that fall in line with these universal principles, but not others they deem as aberrant. Adults here are motivated by individual conscience that transcends cultural, religious, or social convention rules. Kohlberg recognized this last stage but found so few people who lived by this concept of moral behavior that he could not study it in detail.
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Now the important bit - Kohlberg found that as young girls developed, they developed normally, going from stage 1, to stage 2, then somehow got stuck at stage 3 of the moral development ladder, seemingly unable to progress to stage 4 and above.
Enter Carol Gilligan, a female researcher, who also found that women similarly get stuck at stage 3 and attributed it to the extremely high value women placed on social interaction above all else.
Gilligan could not dispute Kohlberg's findings and given women would appear stuck at stage 3 of the development ladder, she simply re-labelled women's morality as 'the Ethics of Care' which only has 3 stages (corresponding to the first 3 stages of Kohlberg's ladder).
The important takeaway is this:-
A woman's highest form of morality is based on social conformity and social interaction while a man's highest form of morality is based around fairness and treating others fairly.
Now, understand that most women fail to comprehend the importance of social contracts and universal ethics. Fairness means jack shit to women.
Then add this - there is well-documented evidence of automatic female in-group bias, leading to the tendency to believe and/or grant the benefit of doubt to the woman over the man.
Note that this in-group bias is present in female monkeys (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/31/female-monkeys-dont-trust-males-even-obviously-right/) as well as human females (women have an automatic in-group bias while men do not: https://rutgerssocialcognitionlab.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/9/7/13979590/rudmangoodwin2004jpsp.pdf)
In 2004, Rudman & Goodwin conducted research on gender bias that measured gender preferences without directly asking the participants. This research found that while both women and men have more favorable views of women, women's in-group biases were 4.5 times stronger than those of men. Their studies also revealed that men lack a mechanism that bolsters automatic preference for their own gender.
This leads to cases where even blatant evidence of abuse by the mother is ignored in favour of giving preference and benefit of doubt to the woman.
The end result is obvious - Do not expect fairness from a woman. Her highest form of morality is to conform to the social norms and to the sisterhood, even if it means someone (usually men) may be treated unfairly.
What are the implications of this?
Family courts and Social Services are staffed overwhelmingly with women (source: 82% of social workers are female: https://www.mic.com/articles/30974/almost-82-percent-of-social-workers-are-female-and-this-is-hurting-men).
Under the current social norms where the prevailing narrative is based on the Duluth Model (all women are innocent victims and all men are evil perpetrators), this leads to a situation where divorce court judgements are overwhelmingly and grossly unfair - the mother is usually given preferred treatment at the expense of the father. In most cases, the father is treated most unfairly (as previously in 'Legions of Men Get Screwed').
It should be no surprise then, that Family Courts and Social Services are the most biased pro-women and anti-male government agencies around.
It is a mandatory requirement for the courts as well as in the governing of a nation, that concepts and principles be viewed in abstract and practised routinely so as to ensure justice is fairly and consistently dispensed for society and for the country and in its relations with other countries.
A case should be made that women's in-group bias and difference in moral development provides a rock-solid argument against having women in the judiciary, in government and in any position of power where one is required to exercise judgement based on Fairness and Principles.
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