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Origins of the Family-- Chapter 2 (III)

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Origins of the Family: Chapter 2

Origins of the Family-- Chapter 2 (III) Frederick Engels Origins of the Family, Private Property, and the State II. The Family 3. The Pairing Family A certain amount of pairing, for a longer or shorter period, already occurred in group marriage or even earlier; the man had a chief wife among his many wives (one can hardly yet speak of a favorite wife), and for her he was the most important among her husbands. This fact has contributed considerably to the confusion of the missionaries, who have regarded group marriage sometimes as promiscuous community of wives, sometimes as unbridled adultery.

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