Engels

• What is Inheritance of Property-Engels

  .As tech and capitalism emerged men started to own property and interested in the legitimate heir-so monogamous marriage emerged so they were sure of their hier
• What did Engels argue about Women due to the Inheritance of Property

  .that they became oppressed during this time and seen as a ’mere instrument for the production of children’

  .women will only be free when capitalism ends as there will be no need for the nuclear family ,as no one will own or inherit property
• What is Engels view on family

  .Family has a clear economic function for capitalism as they ensure wealth remains in the hands or the bourgeoisie
• What did Engels argue about early society

  .they could be described as ‘primitive communism’-where everyone shared the means of production and had no private property

  .people lived in tribes and there were no restrictions on sexual behaviour

  .After the Industrial Revolution people started to live in monogamous nuclear families when capitalist societies started ,after the Industrial Revolution