Welldon E V
Portman Clinic, London.
Br J Psychiatry Suppl. 1991 May(10):85-92.
Aspects of the normal psychology and psychopathology of women are discussed in relation to adolescence, young womanhood and motherhood. Perversions of motherhood exist, although they are largely denied by a society which idealises being a mother. This denial may be caused by society's inability to see a woman as a complete human being. The aetiology of perversions in women is both psychobiological and social and it is bound up with the politics of power. Perverse motherhood can be seen as the product of the emotional instability and inadequate individuation brought about by a process involving at least three generations.
本文讨论了女性正常心理和精神病理学与青春期、青年女性期及母亲身份之间的关系。尽管理想化母亲身份的社会在很大程度上否认这一点，但母亲身份的变态情况确实存在。这种否认可能是由于社会无法将女性视为完整的人。女性变态行为的病因既有心理生物学因素，也有社会因素，且与权力政治密切相关。变态的母亲身份可被视为一个至少涉及三代人的过程所导致的情绪不稳定和个体化不足的产物。
