But moral codes are onerous and Communism offered an escape from them. If all men were to become brothers and all resources were to be shared freely, fathers would not be needed for anything more than the act of procreation itself. This vision was of course a great attraction for both men and women and Leftists were always in the vanguard of sexual liberation. Sex sells and it certainly sold Leftism to many.This is certainly true of leftist movements in free countries, but no Communist regime in power ever had the slightest tolerance for sexual irregularities among common people. Stalin even gave out medals to women who had the most children.
"Free love" is for undermining bourgeois society, not an essential of leftism.