lationship above the facts of
love--The dependence of the consciousness of duty upon
freedom--The sexual responsibility of women.

II.--_Divorce_

Traditional morality--Practical conditions of divorce--The moral
code--This must be modified to meet new conditions--The
enforced continuance of an unreal marriage--This the grossest
form of immorality--The barbarism of our divorce laws--The
action of the Church and State--Confusion and
absurdities--Divorce relief from misfortune, not a
crime--Personal responsibility in marriage--A recognition of
the equality of the mother with the father--Sanction by the
State of free divorce--The example of Egypt and Babylon--The
Roman divorce by consent--The condemnation of free divorce
not the outcome of true morality--The immorality of
indissoluble marriage--Loyalty and duty in love--The claims
of the child--One advantage of free divorce--Adoption of
children under the State--Growing disinclination against
coercive marriage--The waste to the race--Our responsibility
to the future.

III.--_Prostitution_

The dependence of prostitution upon marriage--The extent and
difficulties of the problem involved--Prostitution
essentially a woman's question--Women's past attitude towards
it--The diffusion of disease by means of prostitution--Apathy
and ignorance of women--This changing--What action will women
take in the future?--Grounds for fear--The White Slave
Bill--Its absurd futility--The opinion of Bernard
Shaw--Poverty as a cause of prostitution--This not the only
factor--The real evil lies deeper--The economic reformer--The
moral crusade--Men's passions--Seduction--These causes need
careful examination--Lippert's view--Idleness, frivolity, and
love of finery as causes--The desire for excitement--The need
for personal knowledge of the prostitute--What I have learnt
from different members of this profession--The prostitute's
attitude towards her trade--The sale of sex very profitable
to the expert trader--The sexual frigidity of the
prostitute--Importance and significance of this--A further
examination into the causes of the evil--Poverty seldom the
chief motive for prostitution--The influence of inheritance
upon the sexual life--The degradation of our legitimate loves