b.The First Settlement
Engels viewed that before the family we know today existed, there occurred a primeval state of licentious sexual intercourse, every woman is shared by all men. Eventually, because of the exclusion against incest common to all human communities, a range of blood relative were not included from consideration as suitable for sexual partners. Individual men started to claim particular woman as their own personal possession which give birth to the so-called ‘pairing family’. As the advancement of humankind like the domestication of animals became evident, production outside household also showed significant difference. The issue of wealth took place together with the issue of inheritance of property to the men who controlled production. Engels argues that men naturally want their children to take over their possessions. They made steps to guarantee the faithfulness of their women because a mother is clearly known to her child but opposite of that in the case of the father. Therefore, to secure marital loyalty, men established monogamy on women. The purpose of which is to ensure the transfer of property of the father to his own sons. The monogamous family is not a product of love and commitment but of economic necessity and pressure.
Engels viewed that before the family we know today existed, there occurred a primeval state of licentious sexual intercourse, every woman is shared by all men. Eventually, because of the exclusion against incest common to all human communities, a range of blood relative were not included from consideration as suitable for sexual partners. Individual men started to claim particular woman as their own personal possession which give birth to the so-called ‘pairing family’. As the advancement of humankind like the domestication of animals became evident, production outside household also showed significant difference. The issue of wealth took place together with the issue of inheritance of property to the men who controlled production. Engels argues that men naturally want their children to take over their possessions. They made steps to guarantee the faithfulness of their women because a mother is clearly known to her child but opposite of that in the case of the father. Therefore, to secure marital loyalty, men established monogamy on women. The purpose of which is to ensure the transfer of property of the father to his own sons. The monogamous family is not a product of love and commitment but of economic necessity and pressure.