母女關係的社會建構

Motherhood︰A Social Constructive Perspective

本文主要探討的是母職（motherhood）與母女關係的社會建構歷程。從青少女們的眼中探討她們是如何在看待她們的母親，她們看待母親的方式是如何受社會文化所建構著。同時，她們看待母親的方式亦影響著她們性別自我的認同。母女關係並非單純的人際關係，而是深受文化母職所影響的。文中討論母親的形象，不同處境下的母親，女兒對母親處境的解讀，母女關係的傳遞與移動等主題。

This article is to explore the social constructing processes of motherhood in Taiwan from female adolescents’ perspective. 54 female adolescents were interviewed by initial interview, focus group, and depth interview processes to explore how they perceive their mothers, and how they identify with their mothers as women. Results were presented in terms of mother images, mothers in different contexts, girls’ context reading processes, and the changes of mother-daughter relationships.