In earliest times [[women]] were the [[property]] of the [[community]], and the [[mother]] [[dominated]] the [[family]]. The early chiefs owned all the [[land]] and were proprietors of all the [[women]]; [[marriage]] required the consent of the tribal ruler. With the passing of [[communism]], [[women]] were held [[individually]], and the [[father]] gradually [[assumed]] [[domestic]] [[control]]. Thus the [[home]] had its beginning, and the prevailing polygamous [[customs]] were [[gradually]] displaced by [[monogamy]]. ('''''Polygamy''''' is the [[survival]] of the [[female]]-[[slavery]] element in [[marriage]]. [[Monogamy]] is the [[slave]]-[[free]] [[ideal]] of the matchless [[association]] of one man and one woman in the exquisite [[enterprise]] of [[home]] building, [[offspring]] rearing, [[mutual]] [[culture]], and self-improvement.) - [[69:9|Private Property]] | In earliest times [[women]] were the [[property]] of the [[community]], and the [[mother]] [[dominated]] the [[family]]. The early chiefs owned all the [[land]] and were proprietors of all the [[women]]; [[marriage]] required the consent of the tribal ruler. With the passing of [[communism]], [[women]] were held [[individually]], and the [[father]] gradually [[assumed]] [[domestic]] [[control]]. Thus the [[home]] had its beginning, and the prevailing polygamous [[customs]] were [[gradually]] displaced by [[monogamy]]. ('''''Polygamy''''' is the [[survival]] of the [[female]]-[[slavery]] element in [[marriage]]. [[Monogamy]] is the [[slave]]-[[free]] [[ideal]] of the matchless [[association]] of one man and one woman in the exquisite [[enterprise]] of [[home]] building, [[offspring]] rearing, [[mutual]] [[culture]], and self-improvement.) - [[69:9|Private Property]] |