Fw: Re: Because nice counts

["Annie George" <ageorge@vtc.net>]

Most of us do not think that being nice is ridiculous.

Anne George Saddlery  www.vtc.net/~ageorge

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Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 10:02 AM

Subject: RC: Re: Because nice counts

Linda B. Merims 

Annie George <ageorge@vtc.net> said:

>I agree 
Linda, it seems some people are just trying to see how nasty they
can 
be.  I find that
>they usualy are quite meak in person.  I 
wonder about their emotional
stability, and self esteem
>issues.  
Annie G.

For illumination on this ridiculous thread, I refer you 
to
Lyn Mikel Brown (Dept. of Education and Human
Development, Colby 
College) and Carol Gilligan's (Prof.
of Human Development and Psychology, 
Harvard University)
seminal work:

_Meeting at the Crossroads:  
Women's Psychology and Girls'
Development_, Harvard University Press, 
1992.  ISBN 0-674-546464-2.

In particular, read the chapter 
"Jessie:  The Tyranny of Nice and
Kind."

Linda B. Merims
lbm@ici.net
Massachusetts, 
USA


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