To a received knower, authorities have the capacity for constructing and retaining knowledge that has only one correct answer. Silent women have a difficult time describing their individual selves. Knowledge is received and retained in others, and not the self. They are discouraged in their home-life to interact, play and listen to others. Vygosky suggests interaction and play is necessary in developing social skills for one's own self.
Received knowers have a difficult time growing and evolving the self.
They believe knowledge is outside the self. They listen and believe that knowledge can either be black or white, with no shades of gray. Silent women and received knowers are socially, economically and educationally deprived of using their voices to reflect their own thoughts. The authorities in their lives either dominate by physical strength or words as truth. These women do not have confidence in their ability to learn from their own experiences.