... , poverty, or when the black people were in slavery and split up. Again the Matrifocal family would not be a universal social institution, as it would be looked down upon, also many of the functions would not be fulfilled either, this in a way corresponds to female headed families which ... herself to the father can keep casual relationships with other men and can get financial support when she needed it, and this in a way would be just like Murdock's definition as the female is socialising yet all the functions of the family are being fulfilled. Yanina Shareen argues that ... met in fa...

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