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'''[[Iboma|Ibomian]] society''' is
In intimate relationships, four types of legal and social relationships exist that are often filled by different people, with women playing a dominant role in each. Child-raising relationships are geared towards assisting one another in raising and providing for a child. Sexual relationships are purely for mutual physical intimacy and pleasure. Birthing relationships, whereby a mate is chosen on the basis in phylogenetic traits to optimize the characteristics of the child. Living partnerships consist of people sharing resources and space – this is usually the most emotionally intimate relationship.
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People in Iboma do not have the same system of social relationships as people in other nations. This is most evident in intimate partnerships. The social norms which these relationships produce eschew typical values surrounding the notion of families, parenthood and marriage. Ibomians have four types of intimate relationships that are seldom shared by the same individual:
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* '''Child-raising partnerships:''' These are relationships in which two individuals agree to raise a child together. They take joint responsibility for the financial, emotional and physical well-being of the child up to and sometimes during adulthood. They are the equivalent of parents, yet for a variety of relationships they may not necessarily have been romantically involved. In some cases, a birthing or living partner can occupy this role, although not always.
* '''Living partnerships:''' A living partner is someone with whom one agrees to share resources and space to optimize mutual living standards. This also includes allowing and empowering the other person to make decisions over one’s life in the case of an emergency. Partners in this relationship may be chosen because of financial acumen and desirable temperament rather than romantic or
== Manners and etiquette ==
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