Abstract
WALKER,, LAWRENCE J. Sex Differences in the Development of Moral Reasoning: A Rejoinder to Baumrind. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1986, 57, 522-526. Baumrind criticizes the procedures of my review and meta-analysis of the research literature on sex differences in moral reasoning development and disagrees with my conclusion that the overall pattern is one of nonsignificant differences. This rejoinder addresses these criticisms, discussing issues such as the nature of moral development, the focus on adulthood, the choice of statistics, the effect of differing sample sizes and scoring systems, and the role of social experiences in explaining variability in moral development. Baumrind's data are interpreted in this context. An updated review and meta-analysis of the research literature again support the conclusion that there are no consistent sex differences in moral reasoning development.
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