According to the 1926 code, paternity could be assigned by a judge. Preface1. Clements, B., & Lanning, R. (1999). [9], The edict also sought to preserve the family unit by making divorces even more difficult to obtain. There can be little doubt that once the traditional institution of marriage, or even binding common law (sui iuris) arrangements within heterosexual couples, has been disabled, when forms of sexual deviance are encouraged, when men embrace MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) and women are regarded as victims of the so-called patriarchal family, and when marriage distorted beyond its definition has been ordained and consecrated as normal, the new dialectic of Marxist inversion may well have won the day. [2], Another heavily relied on role that women held in the Soviet household was that of the Grandmother. Its campaign against the institution of marriage seems close to fulfillment. Wilhelm Reich, who is said to have coined the phrase "the sexual revolution," invented the orgone box as an all-purpose therapy machine and radiant "accumulator" to revive and stimulate sexual energy. In many cases, she would do all the housework and raise the children. Its advocacy for pseudo-marriage is therefore not surprising. [6] Government agencies simply did not have the resources to care for the children. Anderson and Kimmel are illustrations of how the erotic fraternity surreptitiously advances its cause under the sign of presumably open-minded sophistication. [8] Coinciding with the rise of Stalinism, the law demanded the stabilizing and strengthening of the family. Exactly how communism differs from socialism has long been a matter of debate. Despite this strong push for change by the Zhenotdel, the immensely patriarchal society that had existed for hundreds of years prior, would supersede these efforts. The 1926 Soviet Family Code: Retreat from Free Love. In 1921 alone, seven million orphans were displaced, roaming town and countryside. There can be little doubt that once the traditional institution of marriage, or even binding common law (, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Takedown: From Communists to Progressives, How the Left Has Sabotaged Family and Marriage. They are free to enjoy recreational sex or to love whomever they wish. Communism’s Promotion of Promiscuity4. Families in Central Asia and the Caucasus tended to have more children than families elsewhere in the Soviet Union and included grandparents in the family structure. The patriarchal values that accompany this life-style affected such issues as contraception, the distribution of family power, and the roles of individuals in marriage and the family. Its advocacy for pseudo-marriage is therefore not surprising. Although they may see being a “liberal” … [5], Unlike earlier codes that arranged for temporary and transitive laws as a step toward the revolutionary vision of family; the Code of 1936 marked an ideological shift away from Marxist / revolutionary visions of the nuclear family. We need people.”[1] The wider campaign to encourage the family unit elevated motherhood to a form of Stakhanovite labor. [1], The 1918 code also served to recognize the legal rights of the individual at the expense of the existing tsarist/patriarchal system of family and marriage. Periods of low crop yields, and restrictive distribution of food in the early 1920s, and again in the early 1930s brought about great famine and suffering in the Soviet Union. This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 17:14. In the same year the government began to award medals to women who gave birth to five or more children and took upon itself the support of illegitimate children. The family unit perpetuates class inequality through the transfer of private property through inheritance. The fact that he was desperately improvident and ignorant of economics, as Mary Gabriel shows in her fascinating study of the man, Love and Capital, did not prevent him from constructing vast hypotheses grounded on neither his conduct nor his personal experience. A married couple could take either surname. While the Communist revolution brought women more job opportunities, it also made their interests subordinate to collective goals. The success and the rise of the Bolshevik regime, and the downfall of Tsar Nicholas II and essentially his entire family, would subsequently leave a unique opportunity for the women of Russia. Despite his internal contradictions, he was undoubtedly the most instrumental figure in the campaign to demolish the scaffolding of customary society, including marriage and the family. Armed with both the theoretical and empirical power of sexual license, the left now appears unassailable, cresting with self-assurance. On December 13, 1981, when the General of the Military, Wojciech Jaruzelski, declared Martial Law in Poland, I was a sophomore at King Sobieski High School in Wejherowo. Encouraged by the communist teachings of unfettered sexuality, people increasingly stopped bothering with registering marriages altogether. [11], Family size and composition depended mainly on the place of residence—urban or rural—and ethnic group. An effective way to destroy marriage and the family was advanced by communist theorist Georg Lukács, who introduced the concept of "cultural terrorism," which involved the liquidation of religion, monogamy, and the ostensibly male-dominated family. The first is a transitional system in which the working class controls the government and economy yet still pays people according to how long, hard, or well they work. civ. Despite his internal contradictions, he was undoubtedly the most instrumental figure in the campaign to demolish the scaffolding of customary society, including marriage and the family. … "The Motherland Calls", statute spoke up about the unrealistic expectations that the Soviet Union had on their female mothers. Several non-governing communist parties have made statements supporting LGBT rights, such as the Communist Party USA, which supports extending marriage to same-sex couples and passing laws against discrimination based on one's sexual orientation. Other eminent names associated with the school and peddling its ruinous ideology are Max Horkheimer, a director of the institute, psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, sociologist Jürgen Habermas, and philosopher Agnes Heller. As Paul Kengor writes in Takedown: From Communists to Progressives, How the Left Has Sabotaged Family and Marriage, "[a]s long as the traditional family is reversed, Marxism is advanced." [3], Marxist theory on family established the revolutionary ideal for the Soviet state and influenced state policy concerning family in varying degrees throughout the history of the country. This left in unequal workload on the woman, who would also have a job outside of the home to help provide in a particularly difficult economy where food and adequate housing was often scarce. A History of Communism & Islam: A Marriage Of Convenience It seems interesting that in the 21 st century, the great American enemy of our time has a theological bent yet is somewhat similar to the scourge of the 20 th century, against which the Americans won a decades-long “Cold War.” The Soviet state’s first code on marriage and family was written in 1918 and enacted a series of trans-formative laws designed to bring the Soviet family closer in line with Marxist theory. All children, whether legitimate or illegitimate, had equal rights before the law, women gained sexual equality under matrimonial law, inheritance of property was abolished, and abortion was legalized. Nonetheless, along the road that prodded civilization toward this historically extreme spot, some influential forces emerged on the far Left that cannot and should not be ignored. Advocacy and legislation that sunder the intimate love between a man and a woman, that deprive children of male and female parental role models, that compromise the integrity of the family and that dissolve the purpose of marriage as a guarantor of cultural longevity are indispensable strategies essential to realizing the left's master plan. The view in a communist government is unclear, but if I may say, the view of the communist movement would favor gay marriage in the United States because it would help break down tradition. Abortions were free for all women, although they were seen as a necessary evil due to economic hardship rather than a woman’s right to control her own reproductive system. It was estimated[by whom?] Promoting Sexual Liberationb. The combined intellectual power is formidable, but it is totally devoid of wisdom and practical good sense. Marx himself married his childhood sweetheart, Jenny von Westphalen, and remained married to her, although his political views did not comport with his lifelong domesticity.