A matrifocal family structure is one where mothers head families and fathers play a less important role in the home and in bringing up children. The concept...

use family as the primary purpose of attachment, nurturance, and socialization. Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother...

 120. ISBN 978-1-351-52186-4. Smith, Raymond T. (2014-04-23). The Matrifocal Family: Power, Pluralism and Politics. Routledge. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-136-65959-1...

South Asian term that refers to a man who lives with his wife's family Matrifocal family Neolocal residence Patrilocal residence Yobai Night hunting Paleolithic...

strandings, share strong bonds with other members. It is thought it has a matrifocal family structure, with mothers heading the pod instead of the father, like...

Sociology of the family is a subfield of the subject of sociology, in which researchers and academics study family structure as a social institution and...

v t e Family History Household Nuclear family Extended family Conjugal family Immediate family Matrifocal family First-degree relatives Parent mother father...

Bilateral descent is a system of family lineage in which the relatives on the mother's side and father's side are equally important for emotional ties...

mother is always certain" – until 1978 and in vitro pregnancies. Matrifocal family Partus sequitur ventrem Wehali Feminist consciousness raising, a means...

v t e Family History Household Nuclear family Extended family Conjugal family Immediate family Matrifocal family First-degree relatives Parent mother father...