Government Restraint and Limits to Economic Reciprocity in Women's Friendships

Authors

  • Katherine Side Laurentian University

Keywords:

Ontario, Government policy, Relationships

Abstract

This paper examines the limits of reciprocity in women's friendships in the face of government restraint. It argues that Ontario government policy directions that assume a reliance on friends for support and assistance threatens the voluntariness of friendship relations and risks jeopardizing aspects of friendship that women identify as important.

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Published

1999-04-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (1999): Special Issue: Sexual Economics

Section

Original Research

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