Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It had no mother.

Psychoanalysis is the confession without absolution

Psychoanalysis is the confession without absolution.

Should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his frailties?

In our society, the pre-adolescent girl, the nubile virgin, the sexually active woman, the mother and the grandmother are all expected to look and behave in the same way. The correct body outline for them all is girlish; their voices should remain sweet and low, their manner accommodating. ... Kicking off leg-lengthening high-heeled shoes, wiping the colored grease off your lips, raising your voice, letting the grey come through your hair, ceasing the simper that lifts your cheeks and letting your jowls settle into disapproving shapes is seen as letting yourself go.

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement.