Bloodtiesand gender roles : adult children who care for aged parents.
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Igbo political structure was largely defined bybloodtieswith which some patrilineal links could be established.
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If civil disputes could not be resolved through networks of local ties,bloodtiesor occupational groups, then people sought judgement by the state.
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Naturally parents wished to bequeath the household headship to those with whom they hadbloodties, even if it were a daughter.
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Many early factory owners, especially in textiles, had strongbloodtiesto some of their workers for several generations.
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These are a continuing commitment to the notion of family alongside and indeed intertwined with a commitment tobloodties.
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The fate of infertile women is indicative, as they remain isolated within the group, unable to forgebloodtieswith it.
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What this seems to suggest to us is that however loose-knit the network of the new extended family, the availability of care and support will depend on generationalbloodties.
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This situation stems from the basic rules for family allowances which are founded onbloodties; moral considerations are not involved.
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This situation is a consequence of defining the family unit on the basis ofbloodties.
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That perhaps shows that the objections are based not just onbloodties, but on the very nature of the parent-child relationship.
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Blood binds these people together andbloodtiescannot be broken by any laws.
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The tighter thebloodtiesare between the donor and the receiver, the better it is for compatibility, siblings for example.
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The use of credit began in the form ofbloodtiesbut later led to the emergence the banker as a profession.
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In this context, "frith" goes further than expressingbloodties, and encompasses all the concomitant benefits and duties which kinship engenders.
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