The article analyses the use of diagnostic categories in the psychopathological discourse to outline the boundaries between what is expected from a woman as a mother and what diverges from such expectation. Based on the perspective that the psychoanalysis addresses the topic of feminine, we discuss that the pathologizing approach disregards such dimension, in which the feminine includes, not as exceptions to the rule, the deadlock posed by maternity. In this regard, such pathologization would uncover the horror it arouses.
Key words:
Feminine; woman-mother disconnection; procreation disorders; phallic logics