tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309767.post4307915670934356270..comments2024-01-04T13:54:21.297+04:00Comments on Social Science in the Caucasus: Friends Are Hard To Come By: Friendship Divides by Gender in AzerbaijanHansGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363857450625734125noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309767.post-15741967578856651412010-11-12T00:17:02.812+04:002010-11-12T00:17:02.812+04:00The answer seems to lie in the way a "close f...The answer seems to lie in the way a "close friend" was defined. It required high levels of trust and frequent interaction and yet it included a phrase “people who are not your relatives." There is a high chance that older women in rural areas communicate primarily with their relatives from extended families. The same logic may also apply to the female relationships in the capital: married women are expected to abandon most of their pre-marriage friendships to attend to their families and care for their children, an obligation they carry for the rest of their lives. In any case, by the time their children turn into adults, those women have no more friends left other than their immediate and extended families.<br />NikkiStranger_Here_Myselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780908626151295119noreply@blogger.com