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There was the one who spawned Carrie, the dangerous fanatic, responsible for the destruction of her daughter\u2019s mind. There was also Mary Jones, <\/em>sociopath completely unmoved by the sexual <\/a>and physical abuse going on in the movie Precious.<\/em> Yet, even more striking than the bad mother<\/a>, is the stepmother with her uninhibited ambitions.\u00a0Such as Lady Tremaine of Cinderella<\/em>, or Mrs Finchi in famous French novel Les Malheures de Sophie <\/em>(Sophie\u2019s Misfortune), where she summarizes her rules of upbringing in one cold, simple line \u2013 \u201cDo not spoil her;\u00a0correct her without mercy.\u201d<\/p>

For psychoanalyst Katia Denard, the success of wicked stepmothers<\/strong> not surprising.\u00a0\u201cDoesn't the\u00a0little girl that we once were want her father to herself?\u00a0By proxy, these stories allow us to live our Oedipus complex without any guilt.\u00a0Not only because these vixens are not \u201creal\u201d mums<\/a> but, moreover, we are allowed to hate them.\u201d<\/p>

READ MORE from\u00a0OUR REPORT \u201cWHY DO WE PREFER THE VILLAINS?<\/a>\u201d<\/span> <\/h2>

The femme fatale\u00a0brings men to their knees<\/a>
The madwoman draws us in with fear<\/a>
The manipulative one boosts our ego<\/a>
The excessively dramatic one who awakens our savage side<\/a>
Glenn Close, the invincible villain<\/a>
The 5 most evil heroines we love to hate!<\/a><\/p>

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Josephine\u00a0<\/span>LEBARD<\/span><\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The success of wicked stepmothers on screen is not surprising. Because more than just bad mothers, it is the stepmothers that we always love to hate \u2013 and not only in the movies, either\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":23993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The success of wicked stepmothers is not surprising. 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