Chapter VIII.--_Modern Marriage_ 104 1. Marriage as a Profession 104 2. Decline of the Birthrate 106 3. Mercenary Marriage and the Matrimonial Market 110 Chapter IX.--_Disruption of the Family_ 116 1. Increase of Divorce 116 2. Bourgeois and Proletarian Marriage 124 Chapter X.--_Marriage as a Means of Support_ 132 1. Decline of the Marriage Rate 132 2. Infanticide and Abortion 135 3. Education for Marriage 140 4. The Misery of Present Day Marriages 147 Chapter XI.--_The Chances of Matrimony_ 153 1. The Numerical Proportion of the Sexes 153 2. Obstacles to Marriage--The Excess of Women 164 Chapter XII.--_Prostitution a Necessary Social Institution of Bourgeois Society_ 174 1. Prostitution and Society 174 2. Prostitution and the State 178 3. The White Slave Trade 188 4. The Increase of Prostitution--Illegitimate Motherhood 193 5. Crimes Against Morality and Sexual Diseases 204 Chapter XIII.--_Woman in Industry_ 209 1. Development and Extension of Female Labor 209 2. Factory Work of Married Women--Sweatshop Labor and Dangerous Occupations 222 Chapter XIV.--_The Struggle of Women for Education_ 233 1. The Revolution in Domestic Life 233 2. The Intellectual Abilities of Women 239 3. Differences in Physical and Mental Qualities of Man and Woman 245 4. Darwinism and the Condition of Society 253 5. Woman and the Learned Professions 258 Chapter XV.--_The Legal Status of Women_ 272 1. The Struggle for Equality Before the Law 272 2. The Struggle for Political Equality 280 THE STATE AND SOCIETY. Chapter XVI.--_The Class-State and the Modern Proletariat_ 307 1. Our Public Life 307 2. Aggravation of Social Extremes 315