欧茨通过《妈妈走了》中两代女性的故事,对女性主义的发展方向进行反思。妈妈戈文虽然没有像受过高等教育,也没有得到女性主义的启迪,却是女性主义关怀伦理的自发实践者。两个女儿在母亲过世后重新审视自己的生活,最终在新的人际关系中找到了自我。欧茨通过小说委婉地表达了自己的愿望,即女性主义运动除了要继续争取平等权利外,还要关注女性精神与情感世界的需求,女性主义关怀伦理的关心、照顾、给予关怀、接受关怀能够帮助人们(尤其是独立女性)走出精神上的孤单和情感上的迷惘,进而实现性别平等、人际和谐的女性主义理想。 Ortz recounts the direction of the development of feminism through the story of two generations of women in Mum’s Go. Although her mother Goten did not receive the education of feminism or higher education, she was a spontaneous practitioner of feminine ethics of care. The two daughters reexamined their lives after their mother died, eventually finding themselves in new relationships. Oates expressed his own wish tactfully through the novel that the feminist movement must pay attention to the needs of the female spirit and the emotional world in addition to continuing to strive for equal rights. The feminist care and concern for ethics should be caring, caring and receiving care It helps people (especially independent women) to go out mentally lonely and emotionally confused, so as to realize the feminist ideals of gender equality and interpersonal harmony.