| A quotation drawn from the interviews illustrates the instability of the patrifocal three-generation household. |
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| Both patrifocal and matrifocal households come about because of the need for economic betterment. |
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| The pivot of the problem here is adherence to a Confucian, patrifocal script for the family. |
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| Gorillas are strongly patrifocal, Chimpanzees are matrifocal, and Bonobos seem to enjoy a sort of free-love, hippy-communal existence. |
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| This commonly accepted scenario arises from important differences between the class-dominant patrifocal family and the lower social class matrifocal family. |
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| These nomadic hunter tribes brought with them patrifocal mythology that included the worship of a sky god, Zeus. |
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