The author draws on theories of male and female development proposed by Gilligan and Chodorow to examine masculine and feminine styles of supervision. On the masculine end of the supervisory spectrum is the extreme scientific position; at the feminine end is the extreme intuitive position. The author details these styles and provides clinical examples. She states that the masculine style is overvalued in our culture, that both styles in their extremes may be deleterious, and that a balance between them is needed for effective supervision.