Expressing and sublimating the maternal impulse in the absence of one's own children
I think a lot of the maternal instinct has been sublimated to pets and sexual minorities.
This story in First Things is a devastating portrayal of the pain involved in multiply split and recombined families: "Three Christmas Dinners"
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/02/three-christmas-dinners
Newsletter #80: The Maternal Instinct Will Not Be Suppressed
I think a lot of the maternal instinct has been sublimated to pets and sexual minorities.
This story in First Things is a devastating portrayal of the pain involved in multiply split and recombined families: "Three Christmas Dinners"
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/02/three-christmas-dinners