[00:00.00]What does feminism really mean?#
女权主义究竟是什么？#
[00:03.74]Imagine a world where skirts, makeup, and high heels are prohibited,#
设想这样一个世界：在这里，短裙、化妆品和高跟鞋通通遭禁，#
[00:09.62]where men are forbidden from giving gifts to women,#
男人们被禁止给女人送礼物，#
[00:13.47]where mothers ignore their children, and where marriage and dating are obscene.#
母亲们对她们的孩子全然不顾，而婚姻与约会更被视为下流。#
[00:19.46]It sounds nightmarish, but this is the dogma many people have in mind when they hear the word “feminism”.#
这听起来像是梦魇，却是很多人在听到“女权主义”这个词时而想到的教条。#
[00:27.42]Feminists, we’re told, hate men and want them dead. Or feminists want to switch places with men,#
有人告诉我们说，女权主义者仇恨男人，希望他们都死掉。或者是女权主义者想要与男人互换位置。#
[00:36.46]so women can work all day and men can all stay home and keep house.#
这样女人就可以成天工作，而男人则都呆在家里管理家务。#
[00:41.88]Or maybe feminists want to be like men: dress identically, use the same toilets, compete in the same sports leagues.#
又或者是女权主义者想要像男人一样：穿同样的衣服，用同样的马桶，在同样的运动联盟中比赛。#
[00:52.69]If this definition is true, it seems feminists would be the provocation for insurgencies across the whole of society,#
如果这种定义是真的，那似乎女权主义者将会挑起全社会的暴乱，#
[01:01.46]breaking routines, eradicating traditions and ruining everyone’s lives in the process!#
进而破除惯例，消灭传统，甚至在此过程中毁掉每个人的生命！#
[01:08.04]Fortunately, that’s not feminism!#
幸运的是，那并不是女权主义！#
[01:11.72]Feminists don’t believe that women are better than men or that women need to become or displace men.#
女权主义者不相信女人比男人更优秀，抑或女人要成为男人或取代男人。#
[01:19.74]True, some feminists enjoy masculine pursuits like boxing, but they don’t want to eject men from society.#
诚然，一些女权主义者喜欢像拳击那样的男性所热衷的爱好，但她们并不想将男人从社会中驱逐出去。#
[01:28.81]Feminists have fathers, brothers, husbands, and sons.#
女权主义者也有父亲、兄弟、丈夫和儿子。#
[01:34.47]Their lives are just as coiled up with those they love as anyone else’s.#
她们的生活就像其他任何人一样，与她们所爱的人密不可分。#
[01:39.89]So, what do feminists believe?#
那么，女权主义者究竟信仰什么？#
[01:43.93]Distilled to its essence,feminism is the idea that men and women should have equal opportunities.#
归根结底，女权主义指的是男人和女人应该拥有平等的机会。#
[01:51.62]A woman should be able to be a man’s boss if she is as capable as any other manager,#
如果一个女人与其他任何经理一样能干，那她就可以做男人的老板；#
[01:58.64]or a man should be allowed to look after children if he has the interest and ability.#
如果一个男人有照料孩子的兴趣和能力，那就应该允许他去照看孩子，#
[02:05.01]Nobody should find the situation strange or call it “queer”.#
没有人会觉得这种情况奇怪或称之为“怪异”。#
[02:11.38]In other words, feminists believe in a world where no one feels colonized or oppressed because of the roles they fill.#
换句话说，女权主义者相信有这样一个世界，在那里，没有人会因其承担的角色而感到被奴役或受压制。
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