Forgiving Our Mothers
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A feminist exploration of the often-taboo fear many daughters share: the anxiety of becoming like their mothers.
“I will never be like her.” Many daughters have whispered this silent vow while looking at their mothers. But why do daughters so often resent or fear becoming them? Why can this relationship, so often idealized, also be so painful? In other words, what does matrophobia reveal about the mother-daughter bond?
Blending an intimate personal narrative with an investigation involving 150 women, Claire Richard examines this fear not as a simple psychological conflict, but as a consequence of patriarchy within families, and the violence women endure, and sometimes reproduce, across generations. By sketching a feminist map of this foundational yet complex relationship, she offers paths toward understanding, reconciliation, and perhaps freedom from this shared fear.
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