Marxism

• Marxism focuses on the negative impacts of the nuclear family, based on the idea that everything benefits capitalism and the foundations are built on the oppression of the working classes/proletariat
• Society is made up of two classes

  Bourgeoisie - the ruling class/owners

  Proletariat - the working class/workers
• The family has 3 main functions

  • Inheritance of property
  • Ideological functions
  • A unit of consumption