“…Block (1973), for example, examined gender role ideals using Bakan's (1966) concepts of agency and communion. Various theories of gender role development have used this distinction to explain gender differences as well (e.g., Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger, & Tarule, 1986;Chodorow, 1978Chodorow, , 1989Frankenstein, 1966;Gilligan, 1982;Gutmann, 1965;Jordan, Kaplan, Miller, Stiver, & Surrey, 1991;Jordan & Surrey, 1986). Chodorow (1978), for example, argued that mothers and sons will typically experience some differences and that this causes a psychological separation (agency) from each other.…”