Who cares?

Women care.  There is something, weather biological or socially constructed that dictates that women, not men are the mroe caring gender.  Not only in western societies but around the globe women are the people that take care of the young, the elderly, the disabled. In the chapter on Care-Focused Feminism in Womens Thought one theory on why women care is because they develop morals differently than men. While men view what is right and wrong in terms of justice and the law women have a larger view, one that is more focused on relationships and interconnectedness. Another theory on why woman care stated that woman care as a defense mechanism.  According to this theory women think that by helping others they give others a reason to like them and thus protect themselves. No-matter how caring became an assumed part of women the fact that women are the care givers can be harmful. Today I was looking for articles for a different class and came across one about women caring for family members effected by Alzheimer.  Because of a woman's "innate" sense of caring they must care for whoever has Alzheimers but also care for their family. Women more than men are likely to be trapped between caring for their family and caring for the person with Alzheimer.  It was interesting to see how what we studied in class fits in with the real world.