This type of bond can be clearly seen in Bates Motel through the relationship between Norma and Norman, although exaggerated, their relationship is more of a sexual relationship than anything else. Within the show, true taboo love coexists between the two and the image of single motherhood is the cause of the awkward bond between both. The audience gets a taste of this right from the start, in episode two of the show's first season, Norma changes her blouse right in front of her son because she awkwardly wants to look but doesn't, telling him that she's his mother so he's not abnormal. These scenes are what captivate the unspeakable truth of the relationship that the audience seems to ignore due to its awkwardness. Through sexuality, one can see how Norma has few clues about how to properly raise and treat her children on her own. Within the magazine MILFS and Matrons: Images and Realities of Mothers' Sexuality, Beth Montemurro writes: "There seems to be a that once a woman has children she is first and foremost an example, and must be responsible and conservative in a culturally specific way” (367). children and is therefore expected to play the part. Inside the Bates Motel, Norma feels these needs to be a real mother, but not in the correct way. She undoubtedly excludes almost all the girls from Norman's social life, overly protects Norman and offers no further attempts at parenting to his other son, Dylan, thus demonstrating a vivid example of how, due to their sexual tension, Norman is unable to properly care for his children, desperately tries to be the good girl, or in this case the good mother, on television and sets limits for Norman, but not to the limits one would expect from a mother. Another example