《只要有一個女人》

For Every Woman

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By Nancy R. Smith, copyright 1973

翻 譯：黃長奇

只要有一女人

覺得自己堅強

因而討厭柔弱的偽裝

定有一個男人

意識到自己也有脆弱的地方

因而不愿再偽裝堅強

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.

只要有一個女人

討厭扮演幼稚無知的姑娘

定有一個男人

想擺脫“無所不曉”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."

只要有一個女人

討厭“情緒化女人”的定型

定有一個男人

可以自由的哭泣和表現(xiàn)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.

只要有一個女人

在競爭中被稱作沒有女人味

定有一個男人

將競爭視為顯示男子氣概的唯一途徑

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.

只要有一個女人

厭倦了當(dāng)性玩物

定有一個男人

必須為自己的勇猛程度擔(dān)憂

For every woman

who is tired of being a sex object,

there is a man

who must worry about his potency.

只要有一個女人

覺得自己為兒女所累

定有一個男人

沒有享受為人之父的全部滋味

For every woman

who feels "tied down" by her children,

there is a man

who is denied the full pleasures

of shared parenthood.

只要有一個女人

得不到有意義的工作和平等的概念

定有一個男人

不得不擔(dān)起對另一個人的全部責(zé)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.

只要有一個女人

想弄懂汽車的構(gòu)造而得不到幫助

定有一個男人

想享受烹飪的樂趣而得不到滿足

For every woman

who was not taught the

intricacies of an automobile,

there is a man

who was not taught the satisfactions of cooking.

只要有一個女人

向自身的解放邁進一步

定有一個男人

發(fā)現(xiàn)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