The perils of Difference
This
TNR article is a competent take-down of Carol Gilligan and her methods and conclusions. Nothing too world-breaking. What is important though is that it is a cautionary tale of jumping the gun on taking social science and trying to shape public policy with the "results" that one culls from the "data." Those on the Right and the Left do this-but the problem is a lot of time the "science" is on shakier ground that those using it to justify their politics will admit.