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What are women afraid of? I think the most important answer to this question is not to be loved. In this article, love / being loved are considered as key concepts and how the risk of not being loved or loss of love develops for women. The journey that begins with girl's identification with the mother goes through the processes that lead to confrontation with the fears such as the castration complex, the fear of growing up which takes place during the developmental period, the inability to have children and the loss of femininity. The desire to be loved is the greatest driving force for them through all these times.