In her book "In a Different Voice," psychologist Carol Gilligan proffered the
controversial idea that a psychology of male development could not suffice as a
psychology of all human development, both male and female. Since the publication
of that revolutionary book and her later work "The Birth of Pleasure," which
argued that the pleasure of love is a common human denominator often repressed
in a hierarchical culture, Gilligan has been recognized by some scholars as a
pioneer of feminist thought and vilified by others as an essentialist and a
proponent of gender difference.In "Enacting Pleasure," a distinguished group of
artists and scholars explores the personal and political