Womanhood–motherhood: The matrix in times of crisis. (December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blanco, Maria-José
• Is Part Of: Group analysis. Volume 55:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 523
• Page End: 528
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Subjects: womanhood -- motherhood -- crisis -- matrix in times of crisis -- women; Group psychoanalysis -- Periodicals; 616.8917
• DOI: 10.1177/05333164221131767
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0533-3164

Abstract

This article is a response to the 45th Foulkes lecture given by Dr. Regine Scholz, 'When foundation (Scholz, 2022) matrices move — Challenges for a group analysis of our time'(Scholz, 2022). It looks at women's rights and societies' responses to women as mothers and motherhood as the ultimate crisis. Women's choices, their decisions about being a mother, or not, and their relationship to social and political power is explored, presenting themes connected to motherhood such as abortion, rape, war and displacement as well as climate change.