Psychology Today | 30.04.2026 05:22
Ambivalence is a common feeling among women as they consider motherhood, because the role is fraught in an oppressive culture. Mothers lose recognition and status in many areas of identity – social, professional, and financial, to name a few. Based on my experience as a psychologist and mother, I have begun to take note of these issues. The term I use to refer to the erasing of women’s identities as they become mothers in a misogynistic culture is mommification.
