Sentence:  As marriage is displaced by family, <WSD>wifedom</WSD> by motherhood and the support/dependency structures of the patriarchal family assume greater importance than the legal form, it is actually counterproductive to the real purpose of social policy to exclude from regulation a family type that is so obviously here to stay. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A woman's devotion to meeting the needs and/or desires of another, as if they were a marriage partner.