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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 162 — Chapter II · THEORY OF THE HORDE AND MOTHER-RIGHT

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According to Kautsky, just as polygyny arises in a Herrschaftsverhältniss—the lordship of the man over the captured or purchased woman—so polyandry originates in an analogous relation of the woman to the man. Under gynocracy the woman chooses her husband, hence polyandry; 344-46.

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