Today it is legal, and therefore considered respectable. However, the maternal instinct must be baptized. Otherwise, it becomes a fierce double selfishness. Mary, the only human being worthy to be a priest, was not made a priest. In it, we find the greatness of femininity.
Much modern art is ugly.
Part of the reason may be the modern rejection of authority. In the past, artists learned from Nature and imitated the beautiful forms found in her. Rather than follow Nature, they will, say, put a woman's nose on her back. - Men and women need each other for completion. Some things, such as mercy and justice, cannot be combined except on a supernatural level. As regards male leadership in the Church and at home, good men have used this authority lovingly but bad men have used it abominably.