... end of the day the vital functions are being fulfilled. Arguments that go against Murdock that support Matrifocal families are that a female headed family is a well organised one where the mother by not tying 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 ... is socialising yet all the functions of the family are being fulfilled. Yanina Shareen argues that the "female-carer core" is the most basic family unit: "foundation of the single mother family and the extended family in its many f...

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