Infanticide is both a horrifying and unsolved dilemma of today’s society. Neither the field of psychology nor the legal system has adequately healed or contained this phenomenon, as the number of baby deaths at the hands of their mothers has remained consistent if not rising. Punishment lacks any deterrent power as most infanticides at the hands of mothers are done in states of psychosis. It is worthwhile to examine the basis and context of maternal infanticide as not a singular crime, but as a comment on today’s society and, in particular, the construct of motherhood. The death mother archetype, the one who needs to kill her child, is a strong negative energy buried in the shadows of our collective psyche; infancticide is the attempt to bring it to light. By bringing attention to it, we might transmute that shadow energy into not only a changed woman, but a changed concept of womanhood and motherhood in our society.

杀婴是当今社会一个既可怕又悬而未决的困境。心理学领域和法律体系都没有充分治愈或遏制这种现象，因为死于母亲之手的婴儿数量即使没有增加也一直保持稳定。惩罚缺乏任何威慑力，因为母亲手中的大多数杀婴都是在精神病状态下进行的。将杀母婴的基础和背景视为对当今社会的评论，尤其是对母性的构建，进行审查是值得的。死亡母亲原型，需要杀死她的孩子，是一种强大的负能量，埋藏在我们集体心理的阴影中；杀婴是试图揭露它。通过引起人们的注意，