What social thinker contended that in the earliest societies there was more egalitarianism in families but this changed due to a pattern of male dominance when the exchange of goods and property became more common?

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Friedrich Engels argued that in the earliest societies, families were more egalitarian in their structure, but as the exchange of goods and property became more common, a pattern of male dominance emerged. He wrote extensively on this topic in his book "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State."

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