何为人
《只要有一个女人》
For Every Woman
作 者：南希·史密斯
By Nancy R. Smith, copyright 1973
翻 译：黄长奇
只要有一女人
觉得自己坚强
因而讨厌柔弱的伪装
定有一个男人
意识到自己也有脆弱的地方
因而不愿再伪装坚强
For every woman
who is tired of acting weak
when she knows she is strong,
there is a man
who is tired of appearing strong
when he feels vulnerable.
只要有一个女人
讨厌扮演幼稚无知的姑娘
定有一个男人
想摆脱“无所不晓”的高期望
For every woman
who is tired of acting dumb,
there is a man
who is burdened with
the constant expectation of "knowing everything."
只要有一个女人
讨厌“情绪化女人”的定型
定有一个男人
可以自由的哭泣和表现柔情
For every woman
who is tired of being called
"an emotional female,"
there is a man
who is denied the right
to weep and to be gentle.
只要有一个女人
在竞争中被称作没有女人味
定有一个男人
将竞争视为显示男子气概的唯一途径
For every woman
who is called unfeminine
when she competes,
there is a man
for whom competition is
the only way to prove his masculinity.
只要有一个女人
厌倦了当性玩物
定有一个男人
必须为自己的勇猛程度担忧
For every woman
who is tired of being a sex object,
there is a man
who must worry about his potency.
只要有一个女人
觉得自己为儿女所累
定有一个男人
没有享受为人之父的全部滋味
For every woman
who feels "tied down" by her children,
there is a man
who is denied the full pleasures
of shared parenthood.
只要有一个女人
得不到有意义的工作和平等的概念
定有一个男人
不得不担起对另一个人的全部责任
For every woman
who is denied meaningful
employment or equal pay,
there is a man who
must bear full financial responsibility
for another human being.
只要有一个女人
想弄懂汽车的构造而得不到帮助
定有一个男人
想享受烹饪的乐趣而得不到满足
For every woman
who was not taught the
intricacies of an automobile,
there is a man
who was not taught the satisfactions of cooking.
只要有一个女人
向自身的解放迈进一步
定有一个男人
发现自己也更接近自由之路
For every woman
who takes a step toward her own liberation,
there is a man who
finds the way to freedom
has been made a little easier
