One of the most important changes effecting gender relations according to The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State is the overturning of "mother-right" lines of descent.

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Engels argues in The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State that the transition from communal societies to class societies involved the overturning of matrilineal ("mother-right") lines of descent, in favor of a patrilineal system where inheritance and ancestry were traced through male lineage. This shift had significant implications for gender relations, as it led to the subordination of women and the establishment of patriarchal family structures.

One of the Most Important Changes Effecting Gender Relations According