But the more the hetaerism of the past is changed in our time by capitalist commodity production and brought into conformity with it, the more, that is to say, it is transformed into undisguised prostitution, the more demoralizing are its effects.

• 但是，自古就有的杂婚制现在在资本主义商品生产的影响下变化越大，越适应于资本主义商品生产，越变为露骨的卖淫，它在道德上的腐蚀作用也就越大。