Marxist

• Engels believes the role of the family is inheritance of property
• The monogamous nuclear family according to Engels allowed for property to be passed down to the heir that is kept from lower classes
• Engels believed women were glorified prostitutes under Capitalism
• A glorified prostitute meant their only use in Capitalism is to produce children and were economically dependant on husbands
• Althusser believed in the Ideological State Apparatus
• Ideological State Apparatus (Althusser) is a tool used by those in power, the ruling class, to control the working classes
• The Ideological State Apparatus means the family teaches Capitalism as fair and convinces the working class to submit to oppression
• Zaretsky believed the family provides the illusion of home life
• The Illusion of home life (Zaretsky) means home is a refuge from

  Capitalism to cushion the effects of Capitalism but ultimately fails as work finds a way in