mothers

My problem with MILF is that it implies that one needs to distinguish attractive women *within* the category of mothers, which to my mind further implies that there's something about *mothers*, specifically, as a group, that suggests sexually unattractiveness unless otherwise specified.

Got MILF? 2008

The Poor Little Rich Girl, Etc. _A story for all mothers who have daughters and for all daughters who have mothers_

Apron-Strings Eleanor Gates 1913

While at our weekly Holy Hour of Adoration I read the following: Have pity on Me, you the mothers and wives whom I have ennobled..mothers and wives whose great influence may be used in My favor or against Me on the souls of your own who love you...especially you, mothers and wives who in My goodness I have placed on a Christian pedestal, that in the complete accomplishment of your duty, you might be a model for those around you.

Holy Hour Meditation - Jesus Addresses Wives and Mothers on Modesty Esther G. 2009

They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom” (Lam. ii.

Articles 19-27. Twenty-Seven Articles Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate 1909

Yet, I am stunned when I Google the phrase "mothers against war".

Katherine Tasheff: Could Mothers Do More? Katherine Tasheff 2012

Depression in mothers is known to hamper children's academic performance and mental health.

Study: New dads' depression hurts kids, too 2008

Another thing about dating single mothers is their geographical inflexibility.

David Wygant: Single Mothers Are Yummy... If You're the Right Kind of Man David Wygant 2010

Together these studies clearly support the importance of addressing obesity in mothers before and during pregnancy - an intervention that will hopefully prove beneficial to both mother and child.

Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Time to Limit Weight Gain in Pregnancy? 2009

The percentage of births to unmarried mothers is increasing worldwide, according to a new federal report that shows a universal upward trend over the last 25 years.

Out-of-wedlock births on the rise worldwide 2009

Another thing about dating single mothers is their geographical inflexibility.

David Wygant: Single Mothers Are Yummy... If You're the Right Kind of Man David Wygant 2010