In the following paragraph find what are the two conflicting sides of a woman or mom the writer asks about?

in studying these photos, and each daughter's interpretation of them, i've come to wonder what traits we allow our mothers to have, and which ones we view as temporary, expiring with age, and which ones as enduring, maturing with age. can a woman be both sexual and maternal, daring and responsible, innocent and wise? mothers are often held up as paragons of selflessness but we often don't seethem in all their complexity.