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Which one of the following does Chodorow NOT argue is a consequence for boys and men of separating from their early attachment to their mother ?

Correct answer: A. feeling their self-esteem threatened by the lack a close relationship

  • A. feeling their self-esteem threatened by the lack a close relationship
  • B. learning that to be a man is to reject being like a woman
  • C. feeling endangered by close intimate emotional relationships
  • D. developing a detached and analytical approach to the world

Explanation

Chodorow links boys’ early separation from their mothers with rejecting femininity, discomfort with intimacy, and a more detached analytical orientation. The statement about threatened self-esteem is not one of the standard consequences identified in this argument.

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