- inheritance of property Flashcards

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as production developed, society’s wealth increased, leading to development of ______?

A

private property

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to maintain this wealth and secure means of production, which family type became essential?

A

monogamous nuclear family ( mother, father and their immediate children)

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why did monogamy become essential?

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inheritance of private property, men had to be certain of the paternity of their children to ensure their legitimate inherited from them

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why did engels see the rise of the monogamous nuclear family as a ‘world historical defeat of the female sex’ ?

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as it brought the women’s sexuality under male control and turned women into a ‘mere instrument for the production of children’

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