- inheritance of property

Question 1

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

Answer 1

private property

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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

Question 3

why did monogamy become essential?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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