Conflict theorist Friedrich Engels noted there were two ways in which capitalists benefited from maintaining a patriarchal family structure. What are they? Material inequalities do not exist and powerful individuals can maintain a division of labor. Women are able to take on the breadwinner role and men can become caretakers. Men do the work of the labor force without direct compensation and serve as an inexpensive "reserve army" of labor when needed. Women do the work of the labor force without direct compensation and serve as an inexpensive "reserve army" of labor when needed. Question 13