The Values and Usefulness of Same-Sex Marriages Among the Females in Igbo Culture in the Continuity of Lineage or Posterity
The Igbo world in Southeastern Nigeria, as a patriarchal society, believes in passing the family inheritance along the male line excluding the female. This sociocultural belief and practice leads to gender role problems, especially in the case of families with no children or male child who will inhe...
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| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-05-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019850037 |