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  1. WOMAN AND SOCIALISM
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction.
  4. Woman in the Past.
    1. CHAPTER I. The Position of Woman in Primeval Society.
      1. 1.—Chief Epochs of Primeval History.
      2. 2.—Family Forms.
      3. 3.—The Matriarchate.
    2. CHAPTER II. Conflict between Matriarchate and Patriarchate.
      1. 1.—Rise of the Patriarchate.
      2. 2.—Traces of the Matriarchate in Greek Myths and Dramas.
      3. 3.—Legitimate Wives and Courtesans in Athens.
      4. 4.—Remnants of the Matriarchate in the Customs of Various Nations.
      5. 5.—Rise of the State.—Dissolution of the Gens in Rome.
    3. CHAPTER III. Christianity.
    4. CHAPTER IV. Woman in the Mediaeval Age.
      1. 1.—The Position of Women among the Germans.
      2. 2.—Feudalism and the Right of the First Night.
      3. 3.—The Rise of Cities.—Monastic Affairs.—Prostitution.
      4. 4.—Knighthood and the Veneration of Women.
    5. CHAPTER V. The Reformation.
      1. 1.—Luther.
      2. 2.—Results of the Reformation.—The Thirty Years’ War.
    6. CHAPTER VI. The Eighteenth Century.
      1. 1.—Court Life in Germany.
      2. 2.—Commercialism and the New Marriage Laws.
      3. 3.—The French Revolution and the Rise of Industry.
  5. Woman at the Present Day.
    1. CHAPTER VII. Woman as a Sex Being.
      1. 1.—The Sexual Impulse.
      2. 2.—Celibacy and the Frequency of Suicide.
    2. CHAPTER VIII. Modern Marriage.
      1. 1.—Marriage as a Profession.
      2. 2.—Decline of the Birthrate.
      3. 3.—Mercenary Marriage and the Matrimonial Market.
    3. CHAPTER IX. Disruption of the Family.
      1. 1.—Increase of Divorce.
      2. 2.—Bourgeois and Proletarian Marriage.
    4. CHAPTER X. Marriage as a Means of Support.
      1. 1.—Decline of the Marriage Rate.
      2. 2.—Infanticide and Abortion.
      3. 3.—Education for Marriage.
      4. 4.—The Misery of Present Day Marriages.
    5. CHAPTER XI. The Chances of Matrimony.
      1. 1.—The Numerical Proportion of the Sexes.
      2. 2.—Obstacles to Marriage.—The Excess of Women.
    6. CHAPTER XII. Prostitution a Necessary Social Institution of Bourgeois Society.
      1. 1.—Prostitution and Society.
      2. 2.—Prostitution and the State.
      3. 3.—The White Slave Trade.
      4. 4.—The Increase of Prostitution.—Illegitimate Motherhood.
      5. 5.—Crimes Against Morality and Sexual Diseases.
    7. CHAPTER XIII. Woman in Industry.
      1. 1.—Development and Extension of Female Labor.
      2. 2.—Factory Work of Married Women.—Sweatshop Labor and Dangerous Occupations.
    8. CHAPTER XIV. The Struggle of Women for Education.
      1. 1.—The Revolution in Domestic Life.
      2. 2.—The Intellectual Abilities of Women.
      3. 3.—Differences in Physical and Mental Qualities of Man and Woman.
      4. 4.—Darwinism and the Condition of Society.
      5. 5.—Woman and the Learned Professions.
    9. CHAPTER XV. The Legal Status of Women.
      1. 1.—The Struggle for Equality Before the Law.
      2. 2.—The Struggle for Political Equality.
  6. The State and Society.
    1. CHAPTER XVI. The Class-State and the Modern Proletariat.
      1. 1.—Our Public Life.
      2. 2.—Aggravation of Social Extremes.
    2. CHAPTER XVII. The Process of Concentration in Capitalistic Industry.
      1. 1.—The Displacement of Agriculture by Industry.
      2. 2.—Increasing Pauperization.—Preponderance of Large Industrial Establishments.
      3. 3.—Concentration of Wealth.
    3. CHAPTER XVIII. Crisis and Competition.
      1. 1.—Causes and Effects of the Crises.
      2. 2.—Intermediate Trade and the Increased Cost of Living.
    4. CHAPTER XIX. The Revolution in Agriculture.
      1. 1.—Transatlantic Competition and Desertion of the Country.
      2. 2.—Peasants and Great Landowners.
      3. 3.—The Contrast Between City and Country.
  7. The Socialization of Society.
    1. CHAPTER XX. The Social Revolution.
      1. 1.—The Transformation of Society.
      2. 2.—Expropriation of the Expropriators.
    2. CHAPTER XXI. Fundamental Laws of Socialistic Society.
      1. 1.—Duty to Work of All Able-bodied Persons.
      2. 2.—Harmony of Interests.
      3. 3.—Organization of Labor.
      4. 4.—The Growth of the Productivity of Labor.
      5. 5.—Removal of the Contrast between Mental and Manual Work.
      6. 6.—Increase of Consumption.
      7. 7.—Equal Duty to Work for All.
      8. 8.—Abolition of Trade.—Transformation of Traffic.
    3. CHAPTER XXII. Socialism and Agriculture.
      1. 1.—Abolition of the Private Ownership of Land.
      2. 2.—The Amelioration of Land.
      3. 3.—Changed Methods of Farming.
      4. 4.—Agriculture on a Large and Small Scale.—Electric Appliances.
      5. 5.—Vine-Culture of the Future.
      6. 6.—Measures to Prevent Exhaustion of the Soil.
      7. 7.—Removal of the Contrast between City and Country.
    4. CHAPTER XXIII. Abolition of the State.
    5. CHAPTER XXIV. The Future of Religion.
    6. CHAPTER XXV. The Socialist System of Education.
    7. CHAPTER XXVI. Literature and Art in Socialistic Society.
    8. CHAPTER XXVII. Free Development of Individuality.
      1. 1.—Freedom from Care.
      2. 2.—Changes in the Methods of Nutrition.
      3. 3.—The Communistic Kitchen.
      4. 4.—Transformation of Domestic Life.
    9. CHAPTER XXVIII. Woman in the Future.
    10. CHAPTER XXIX. Internationality.
    11. CHAPTER XXX. The Question of Population and Socialism.
      1. 1.—Fear of Over-Population.
      2. 2.—Production of Over-Population.
      3. 3.—Poverty and Fecundity.
      4. 4.—Lack of Human Beings and Abundance of Food.
      5. 5.—Social Conditions and Reproductive Ability.
  8. Conclusion.
  9. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE

CONTENTS

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Introduction 3

WOMAN IN THE PAST.

  • Chapter I.—The Position of Woman in Primeval Society 9
    • 1. Chief Epochs of Primeval History 9
    • 2. Family Forms 14
    • 3. The Matriarchate 20
  • Chapter II.—Conflict between Matriarchate and Patriarchate 28
    • 1. Rise of the Patriarchate 28
    • 2. Traces of the Matriarchate in Greek Myths and Dramas 34
    • 3. Legitimate Wives and Courtesans in Athens 37
    • 4. Remnants of the Matriarchate in the Customs of Various Nations 44
    • 5. Rise of the State—Dissolution of the Gens in Rome 50
  • Chapter III.—Christianity 56
  • Chapter IV.—Woman in the Mediaeval Age 63
    • 1. The Position of Women among the Germans 63
    • 2. Feudalism and the Right of the First Night 66
    • 3. The Rise of Cities—Monastic Affairs—Prostitution 69
    • 4. Knighthood and the Veneration of Women 75
  • Chapter V.—The Reformation 78
    • 1. Luther 78
    • 2. Results of the Reformation—The Thirty Years’ War 83
  • Chapter VI.—The Eighteenth Century 88
    • 1. Court Life in Germany 88
    • 2. Commercialism and the New Marriage Laws 90
    • 3. The French Revolution and the Rise of Industry 93

WOMAN AT THE PRESENT DAY.

  • Chapter VII.—Woman as a Sex Being 96
    • 1. The Sexual Impulse 96
    • 2. Celibacy and the Frequency of Suicide 100
  • 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
  • Chapter XVII.—The Process of Concentration in Capitalistic Industry 319
    • 1. The Displacement of Agriculture by Industry 319
    • 2. Increasing Pauperization—Preponderance of Large Industrial Establishments 323
    • 3. Concentration of Wealth 333
  • Chapter XVIII.—Crisis and Competition 338
    • 1. Causes and Effects of the Crises 338
    • 2. Intermediate Trade and the Increased Cost of Living 343
  • Chapter XIX.—The Revolution in Agriculture 347
    • 1. Transatlantic Competition and Desertion of the Country 347
    • 2. Peasants and Great Landowners 349
    • 3. The Contrast Between City and Country 358

THE SOCIALIZATION OF SOCIETY.

  • Chapter XX.—The Social Revolution 363
    • 1. The Transformation of Society 363
    • 2. Expropriation of the Expropriators 366
  • Chapter XXI.—Fundamental Laws of Socialistic Society 370
    • 1. Duty to Work of All Able-bodied Persons 370
    • 2. Harmony of Interests 375
    • 3. Organization of Labor 380
    • 4. The Growth of the Productivity of Labor 383
    • 5. Removal of the Contrast between Mental and Manual Work 392
    • 6. Increase of Consumption 396
    • 7. Equal Duty to Work for All 399
    • 8. Abolition of Trade—Transformation of Traffic 405
  • Chapter XXII.—Socialism and Agriculture 407
    • 1. Abolition of the Private Ownership of Land 407
    • 2. The Amelioration of Land 409
    • 3. Changed Methods of Farming 414
    • 4. Agriculture on a Large and Small Scale—Electric Appliances 415
    • 5. Vine-Culture of the Future 424
    • 6. Measures to Prevent Exhaustion of the Soil 427
    • 7. Removal of the Contrast between City and Country 431
  • Chapter XXIII.—Abolition of the State 434
  • Chapter XXIV.—The Future of Religion 437
  • Chapter XXV.—The Socialist System of Education 440
  • Chapter XXVI.—Literature and Art in Socialistic Society 451
  • Chapter XXVII.—Free Development of Individuality 455
    • 1. Freedom from Care 455
    • 2. Changes in the Methods of Nutrition 457
    • 3. The Communistic Kitchen 461
    • 4. Transformation of Domestic Life 463
  • Chapter XXVIII.—Woman in the Future 466
  • Chapter XXIX.—Internationality 473
  • Chapter XXX.—The Question of Population and Socialism 478
    • 1. Fear of Over-Population 478
    • 2. Production of Over-Population 481
    • 3. Poverty and Fecundity 484
    • 4. Lack of Human Beings and Abundance of Food 487
    • 5. Social Conditions and Reproductive Ability 494

Conclusion 500

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