Actually a loving and doting mother can be very destructive to a man, particularly if a strong father is absent.
Most criminals and murders come from single mother households. The stats on it are incredible.
Loving mother AND Loving father is what's needed. But by far you're better off with a loving father if you had to choose.
I get what you're saying, but I view it differently (as per usual when we discuss). I stated that my own mother was
not loving, I should clarify that. She would often state that she loves me, but her actions over time clearly revealed what her true priorites were, herself. It became ever more evident as I grew into an adult that her motives for having me was not to help me get the best possible life I could have. So that veneer of "love" she gave when I was a child was purely selfishly motivated, more like she loved to be in the possession of me rather than to actually love me.
As a contrast I've had my stepmother around most of my life, she actually does love me by having my best interest at heart. She was strict, but for good reason, I didn't see it at that time but I'm grateful for it now. Hadn't it been for her I might actually be one of those criminals or murderers coming from a single mother household, at one point I was even on that path before taking a better direction in life.
My point is that an actually loving mother is not destructive, but a mother that claims to love but by actions do not may be extremely destructive. Consider that it's easy for a guy to say "my mother was very loving" based on the BS he has been ingrained with his entire life. Then consider how easy it is when they face problems to conclude that a "very loving mother" has caused them issues in life. They judge by her words, what they've been ingrained with, not her actions clearly stating otherwise to any outside observers.
So in conclusion I disagree that an actually loving mother is destructive to a man, but I would agree that a mother who has successfully sold the idea that she's a loving mother when she's not is extremely destructive.