In the early days of human society, we had to live in groups to survive. Why? Because in terms of strength and minions, humans cannot defeat many beasts, so humans must unite and hunt together. When they encounter prey, everyone rushes forward and works together to kill the beasts . In the end, everyone has meat to eat.
Therefore, humans were social animals in the early days. At that time, it was difficult for those who lived alone to survive.
So when humans lived in groups in the early days, the distribution of the two things "eating barbecue" and "having women" was the collectivism pursued. Women were all owned in common, and it was public ownership at that time. Therefore, in the early cave age, human beings had no "sexual shame" to speak of. Human beings and animals at that time were the same. Men and women gathered together, had barbecues and eaten their fill, and it was a group sex, singing every night, drinking pools and meat forests. In our today's terms, it was "gathering for fornication."
Yes, gathering people for fornication and living in groups and marrying in groups was the normal state of early human society. Our ancestors used to be very pornographic. Both men and women were very "scum". They got together to have sex, and no one was "serious".
The reason why we live like that is not because our ancestors were very "promiscuous", but because in the early days of human society, productivity was still very backward, and hunting tools and the like were still very primitive. For humans to survive, they must We must form a group and implement "public ownership", fight collectively, hunt collectively, eat meat collectively, and engage in women collectively. No one can monopolize any woman, because if you dare to monopolize a woman and refuse to share it with your friends, well, wait and see, next time we have barbecue, everyone will isolate you and not give you meat.
So at that time, only public ownership was possible. Eating meat and having sex with women were all public ownership. That was not because of the moral problems of our ancestors, but because of the level of productivity development at that time.
Well, because men and women were in a state of promiscuity at that time, children born to women only knew who their mother was, but did not know who their father was. Therefore, the focus of children's lives at that time revolved around their mothers, so there was a saying of "matriarchal clan" at that time.
In order to mark which mother the child belongs to, mothers or other bystanders gave different surnames to different mothers. They were originally symbols painted on cave walls, and later gradually evolved into words. Therefore, in Chinese culture, there are "eight ancient surnames". They are: Xun, Ji, Jiang, Si, Ying, Gui, Gui, and Yao.
These eight common surnames in the early Chinese nation are all next to the word "女". Why? Because they are all symbols of mother , and because the early human society was a matrilineal society, children only knew who their mother was, but did not know who their father was. Therefore, in the early days, they all took their mother's surname.
For example, Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, his surname is "Ying", which contains the character "女", one of the "eight ancient surnames". It is conceivable that a certain female ancestor of Qin Shihuang had dozens or hundreds of boyfriends and "had countless men". She did not know who the father of the child was, so she took the mother's surname "Ying".
Okay, let’s get down to business.
Since in the early days of human society, men and women lived in groups and married, eating barbecue was also a state where everyone had a share, and playing with women was also a state of "everyone plays together". Children born by women do not know who the father is, so the child takes the mother's surname... Then, why did human society later evolve into a "patrilineal family" centered on men?
The answer to this question is simple, and you will suddenly realize: because of the development of productivity .
To put it simply, in the past, hunting was done with stones, or by tying stones to wooden sticks, and chasing and attacking wild beasts. These primitive tools were not powerful enough to kill wild beasts. Therefore, humans were forced to unite and hunt together. Only with the joint efforts of many people could we hunt with great effort. A beast was killed, and then the prey and women were shared. However, later on, humans progressed. Some people invented bows and arrows, traps, and javelins. Later, some people learned to smelt iron and copper to make metal weapons, and some people learned to farm. A melon seed was buried in the soil in the spring, and you can eat melons in the fall.
Well, with bows and arrows, learning to lay traps, and learning to grow fruits and grains, some smart and capable men discovered a new situation, that is: I no longer need to cooperate with others. I can hunt and grow crops by myself.
So, some elites among men discovered that they can produce and harvest alone. At this time, the selfish nature deep in human nature was awakened. These male elites who "get rich first" began to think: I made the bows and arrows, laid the traps, hunted wild beasts with my own ability, and planted the fruits with my own strength. Why should I share the fruits of my labor with others?
As a result, these men who "got rich first" began to break away from the collective and work alone, because they were working alone and did not want to share their harvest and fruits with others. At this time, something called "private property" appeared.
This is one case.
Another situation is this: with the optimization of hunting tools, the development of productivity and the emergence of farming, groups have experienced a food surplus. In the past, when there was no surplus, there was meat to eat together, and there was no issue of property rights. But now it is different. Now there is a surplus. So who does this surplus belong to? The few capable male elites in the group felt that they were strong and fast. Every time we killed a beast, we were the ones at the front. We contributed the most and took the greatest credit, so the surplus should belong to a few of us. Then, although these capable men did not leave the group, within the group, property distribution occurred, and "private property" and " private property" began to appear.
After a man has private property, it is logical that he will also have a woman he likes and can monopolize. Why should he monopolize a woman? Because in the past, under the group marriage system, people gathered for promiscuity. When it was not my turn, I had to wait for a long time. When Lao Wang was done, it was Lao Zhang's turn. When Lao Zhang was done, it was Lao Li's turn. When Lao Li was done, it was Lao Liao's turn. As for me, I always waited and waited next to the woman I liked. After waiting for a long time, everyone fell asleep. It's my turn. I never want to live this kind of life again. Now that I have a bow and arrow, I have learned how to lay traps, and how to grow fruits and grains, I can have enough food and clothing on my own. In other words, in the collective, I have contributed the most, made the most contributions, and have the most surplus food. At this time, I am not willing to share women with others, so I start to monopolize the women I like. After a man monopolized a woman, began to determine that the father of the child was myself. The child finally had a father, so marriage and family appeared.
Therefore, as production tools became more advanced and productivity developed, human society gradually bid farewell to group marriages and public ownership, and began to see the emergence of private ownership, monopolization of women, marriages, families, and the emergence of a form with men as the economic center. This is what we later called "patrilineal clans."
So, this is actually contrary to the views of many of our friends: The emergence of marriage and family is not the result of human morality becoming "noble", on the contrary, it is the result of the "corruption" of human morality. Because in the previous state of "group living and group marriage", everyone was "blessed and shared", and women and other things were played together by everyone. It was truly "noble" at that time. However, with the emergence of private property, human beings became selfish and began to monopolize women, so marriage and family existed.
Therefore, many friends think that when humans have marriages and families, they no longer "fuck around" because humans have become civilized and "moral". But in fact, this can be said in two ways. From another perspective, you can also say that humans have become selfish, because in the past, when everyone "played together", they were actually more "selfless".
Then with the emergence of private property and private women, it is logical that humans began to have a "sexual shame" mentality. You must know that in the era of group marriage, humans did not have "sexual shame". At that time, they were all naked and liked to be straight. It is not "shameless" at all to go up and touch her. However, since the emergence of private ownership in human beings and the monopoly of women by men, the situation has changed: some men fell in love with a woman and when they came forward to touch her, the woman's owner (man) suddenly appeared and beat her head to pieces with a stick.
Then after this kind of things increased, human men later learned to be sophisticated. When you see a woman you like, don’t act rashly, be cautious, observe, and hide your interest, because if she is famous, Lord, I will bring about the disaster of death. As a result, the mentality of "sexual shame" appeared in human society. Later, women's clothes became more and more tight, and their bodies were wrapped more and more tightly. In fact, they were declaring to the outside world: I am a "flower with a master". Don't touch me, otherwise, my man will beat you to death. Therefore, women put on tight clothes, which is also a product of private ownership.. In the same way, after a woman becomes a man's private property, she does not dare to look at the man she likes more than once, otherwise her master will find out and beat her up. These psychology later gradually evolved into human beings' shame about sex, and its root is actually private ownership .
At this point, we understand: The root of human "sexual shame" psychology is the awe of private property (including women) . For example, you see a person depositing 10 million in cash in the bank. You have never seen so much money, and you are very envious, but your reason tells you: you cannot stare at other people's money, otherwise, you may cause unnecessary trouble, then In fact, the root of the "sexual shame" psychology is the same as this. Staring at other people's wallets and staring at other people's women are "inappropriate" because they are other people's private property, so we say that human "sexual shame" psychology is also a product of human private ownership , if human beings did not have private ownership, then human beings would not have the mentality of "sexual shame", so the book says "The economic base determines the superstructure" , this statement really makes sense.
