Marxist

• Engels:

  Family acts as a source of inheritance - Men must ensure their heirs are legitimate so they inherit their property.

  The monogamous nuclear family brought female sexuality under male control and turned women into a 'mere instrument for the production of children.'
• Ansley:

  Marxist-feminist

  Women are the 'takers of shit' of their husbands anger.
• Zaretsky:

  The family acts as a source of Ideology - The family socialises children into the idea that Hierarchy and inequality are inevitable.

  The family offers a 'Haven' from the exploitation by capitalism, however this is just an illusion to prevent rebellion from the lower classes.