If asymmetric care relationships can constitute genuine moral bonds with all the hallmarks of friendship—loyalty, affection, mutual concern—then equality is not a necessary condition.

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asymmetric care relationships(as used in ethics and philosophy of relationships): A friendship or bond where one person gives significantly more emotional support, attention, or help than the other person does—like how a parent cares for a child, or how you might care for a pet.
equality (in the context of relationships)(as used in ethics and philosophy of relationships): A situation where both people in a relationship have roughly the same power, give the same amount, or have the same status with each other.
moral bonds(as used in ethics): Deep connections between people that matter ethically—relationships where we have real obligations to care about each other's wellbeing.
necessary condition(Counterfactual analysis of causation; Mackie 1965, 1974): A condition C is necessary for event E if E would not have occurred in the absence of C

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