In its various configurations, Mother is a pivotal factor in defining our understanding of our own familial, sexual and social circumstances. In this way, mother is also significant in our construction of universal meanings, defining the general qualities of life for us. Mother is an ambiguous symbol-one about which there is social and cultural contest. For that reason, focusing on Mother may be considered too dangerous: Mother is neither fixed nor containable’
The Neutered Mother, the Sexual Family and other Twentieth Century Tragedies, Martha Albertson Fineman 1995
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