▁and ▁the ▁abund ance ▁was ▁considered ▁male ▁wealth , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁s our ced ▁from ▁the ▁male ▁work ▁environment ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁home , ▁a ▁deeper ▁wish ▁for ▁male ▁line age ▁and ▁inheritance ▁was ▁founded . ▁To ▁achieve ▁that ▁wish , ▁women ▁were ▁not ▁only ▁granted ▁their ▁long - s ought ▁mon og amy ▁but ▁forced ▁into ▁it ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁domestic ▁serv itude , ▁while ▁males ▁purs ued ▁a ▁h ushed ▁culture ▁of ▁" h eta er ism ". ▁Eng els ▁describes ▁this ▁situation ▁as ▁coinc ident al ▁to ▁the ▁beg inn ings ▁of ▁forced ▁serv itude ▁as ▁a ▁dominant ▁feature ▁of ▁society , ▁leading ▁eventually ▁to ▁a ▁European ▁culture ▁of ▁class ▁opp ression , ▁where ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁poor ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁be ▁servants ▁of ▁the ▁rich . ▁ ▁Eng els ▁re writ es ▁a ▁quote ▁in ▁this ▁book , ▁by ▁himself ▁and ▁Marx ▁from ▁ 1 8 4 6 , ▁" The ▁first ▁division ▁of ▁labor ▁is ▁that ▁between ▁man ▁and ▁woman ▁for ▁the ▁propag ation ▁of ▁children ", ▁to ▁say , ▁" The ▁first ▁class ▁opposition ▁that ▁appears ▁in ▁history ▁coinc ides ▁with ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁ant agon ism ▁between ▁man ▁and ▁woman ▁in ▁mon og am ous ▁marriage , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁class ▁opp ression ▁coinc ides ▁with ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁female ▁sex ▁by ▁the ▁male ." ▁ ▁G ender ▁opp ression ▁is ▁reprodu ced ▁cult ur ally ▁and ▁maintained ▁through ▁institution al ized ▁inequality . ▁By ▁privile ging ▁men ▁at ▁the ▁exp ense ▁of