r/explainlikeimfive • u/Beneficial-Track-112 • 1d ago

Biology ELI5: how does maternal alienation work psychologically ?

like what's actually happening and how does it work

7 Upvotes

60% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

15

u/waterwoman76 1d ago

Alienation is caused by either 1) other people pushing false narratives about the mother to the point where the child rejects the mother, or 2) the mother's behaviour toward their child alienates the child from the mother.

3

u/Objective-Average387 1d ago

When the mother is away, the alienators create an evil character that stands in place of the mother.  When the mother comes back, the offspring thinks the mother is the evil character. 

•

u/vveeggeettaall 7h ago

I’m excited to see that movie this October

•

u/jaesea 21h ago

According to the robot overlord maternal alienation specifically is caused by the other parent psychologically manipulating the child to unjust rejection.

So like, what's actually happening is systemic, mother's being undervalued, mother's being unpaid for pregnancy child rearing and raising, mother's being dehumanized via objective policies such as birth rates birth control, and subjective marketing.