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Reconstructing Women’s Subjective Freedom: A Perspective on The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

Xinge Ji
Vol.10, No.9, pp.58-69, 2026 DOI: 10.62051/ijsspa.v10n9.07 September 28, 2026
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Abstract: In The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Engels systematically traces how women gradually declined from being at the core of socioeconomic development to becoming appendages of men, undergoing a process of deterioration characterized by the marginalization of economic power, restrictions on personal freedom, control over reproduction, and the alienation of sexual relations. He analyzes the roots of women’s unfree condition from four dimensions: private ownership, the gender division of labor, the legal status of the sexes, and women’s subjective consciousness. To enhance women’s independence and creativity in the pursuit of freedom, give full play to women’s subjective consciousness, and realize the goals of women’s liberation, gender equality, and the free and all-round development of humanity, it is necessary to develop the productive forces and eliminate private ownership, encourage women to participate in social labor and realize the socialization of domestic labor, and establish marriage relations based on love, thereby creating an equal, free, harmonious, and well-rounded social environment for women.
Keywords: The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Women’s Subjectivity, Freedom
APA Citation: Xinge Ji (2026). Reconstructing Women’s Subjective Freedom: A Perspective on The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. International Journal of Social Sciences and Public Administration, 10(9), 58-69. https://doi.org/10.62051/ijsspa.v10n9.07

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