英語演講稿:你覺得自己是女權主義者嗎

Can you raise your hand if you consider yourself a feminist?

如果你覺得自己是女權主義者，能舉手讓我看看嗎?

Thank you. I met this little girl who was in the 5th grade，and found out something very interesting about her that opened my mind. She likes playing soccer.

謝謝大家。我曾經遇到過一個五年級的小女孩，我發(fā)現了一件有趣的事情，這讓我大開眼界——她喜歡踢足球。

And I don't know if she's good or not，but just the fact that she likes playing it makes me feel like she's accomplishing something great for herself. However，even though she loves soccer，she doesn't play it at school because she's scared of losing all of her friends. After all，she's a girl，soccer's for boys. Girls can't play soccer.

我不知道她足球踢的好不好，但僅僅是她喜歡踢球這件事就讓我覺得她是在為自己做一些很棒的事情。然而，即使她喜歡足球，她也不會在學校踢足球，因為她害怕失去她所有的朋友。畢竟她是女孩，而足球是男孩子玩的。女孩子不能踢足球。

I also heard about this little boy who was in the library of his school，and chose a book with a pink cover about a princess. When he was observing which type of books his friends were getting，he rapidly put the book back on the shelf and got a book abouta superhero. He thought that if his friends saw him getting that"girly book"he would be bullied and teased in front of everybody. After all，he is a boy.Pink books are for girls.Boys can't read pink books. I am a feminist. This is a statement that may be shocking for many of you，but that is probably because you may not know what feminism really is.

我還聽說了一個小男孩，他在學校的圖書館里選擇了一本粉紅色封面關于一位公主的書。當他觀察他的朋友們拿哪一類的書時，他迅速地把書放回書架，拿了一本關于超級英雄的書。他認為如果他的朋友們看到他拿著那本”娘娘腔的書”，他就會在大家面前被欺負和嘲笑。畢竟，他是一個男孩。粉紅色的書是給女孩子看的。男孩子不能讀粉紅色的書。我是個女權主義者。對于你們大多數人來說，這可能是一個令人震驚的聲明，但那可能是因為你可能不知道什么是真正的女權主義。

Feminism is often seen as a rebellion against men. Feminists are men haters，aggressive，isolated，unattractive women with hairy armpits. My goal today is to change this mistaken idea of feminism that you may have，and that I once had. I remember being in a classroom with 30 students. We were in a circle able to see everybody's face，when the teacher asked，"Can you raise your hand if you consider yourself a feminist?" I didn't raise my hand. No one did. Yes，I was in favor of gender equality.

女權主義常被視為對男性的反抗。女權主義者是討厭男人的，好斗的、孤立的、沒有吸引力的、腋毛濃密的女人。我今天的目標是改變你可能有的錯誤的女權主義觀念，而我曾經也有過。我記得在一個有30個學生的教室里。我們圍成一圈，可以看到每個人的臉，這時老師問，“如果你認為自己是女權主義者，你能舉手嗎?”我沒有舉手。沒有人舉手。是的，我支持性別平等。

Yes，I got mad when men and women were made to do things just because of their gender，but at the time I was thinking，"I'm not a feminist，I shave my armpits." I was scared of the word feminism. I did not know its meaning，I just knew whatever it was，it wasn't me. But I was wrong. In many places，Feminism is defined as the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of political，economic，and social equality between the sexes，This may mean something different for everyone，but for me，it just means this，that everybody should deserve respect.

是的，當男人和女人因為性別而被迫做事時，我很生氣，但當時我在想，“我不是女權主義者，我刮了腋毛。”我害怕女權主義這個詞。我不知道它的意思，我只知道無論它的意思是什么，那都不是我。但我錯了。在很多地方，女權主義被定義為男性和女性應該擁有平等的權利和機會的這種觀念。它是關于性別間政治、經濟和社會平等的理論。這對每個人來說可能意味著不同的東西，但對我來說，這只是意味著每個人都應該得到尊重。

As Malala Yousafzai，a 19-year-old Pakistani activist for female education，once said，“Feminism is just another word for equality." So the truth is that everybody can be a feminist，women and men. Your physical appearance，interests，behaviors，armpits，none of these things can stop you from being in favor of equality. Many still ignorantly affirm that our society is not sexist anymore，but how can they say that when even common expressions carry sexist implications?I would like you think about two expressions that you have probably already heard before，"act like a girl，"and"act like a man."

正如一位19歲的巴基斯坦女性教育活動家馬拉拉·優(yōu)薩福扎伊曾說，“女權主義只是平等的另一個代名詞。”所以事實是無論男女，每個人都可以成為女權主義者。你的外表、興趣、行為、腋窩，這些都不能阻止你支持平等。許多人仍然無知地斷言，我們的社會不會再性別歧視，但是在即使是常見的表達方式中也帶有性別歧視含義的時候，他們怎么能那樣說?我想讓你們思考兩個你們可能已經聽過的表達方式， “表現得像個女孩，“和“表現得像個男人。”

When people say"act like a girl，" "act like a lady，"to you，a woman，they often mean that you have to be sweet，delicate，beautiful，passive，weak，irrational，submissive. When they say to you，men，that you're"acting like a girl，"they often mean that you're overreacting to something，being too sensitive about a subject，being dumb，being stupid. When people say，"act like a man.""man up，"they often mean you have to be rational，strong，powerful，successful，and create order and rules.

當人們對你，一個女生說“要像個女孩”、“要像個淑女“時，它們通常意味著你必須是甜美的、精致的、美麗的、被動的、脆弱的、非理性的、順從的。當他們對你說你，“表現得像個女孩”時，他們通常是指你對某事反應過度，對一個話題過于敏感、愚蠢、愚昧。當人們說“表現得像個男人”、“爺們些“時，他們的意思通常是你必須是理性的、強壯的、強大的、成功的，并創(chuàng)造秩序和規(guī)則。

Feminism is needed because women can't wear anything they wantwithout being scared of being raped，as if the clothes they wear were the cause of their physical and mental aggression，as if they were provoking their own assault by wearing the things they want to wear. Feminism is needed because boys who don't do"boy things，"who want to play with dolls instead of cars，who want to wear pink clothes instead of blue ones，are bullied.

女權主義是必要的，因為女性不能隨心地穿衣服而不害怕被強 奸，就好像她們穿的衣服是她們身體和精神被攻擊的原因，好像他們穿著自己想穿的衣服就是在挑釁。女權主義是必要的，因為那些不做“男孩的事”的男孩，那些想玩洋娃娃而不是汽車的男孩，想穿粉紅色衣服而不是藍色衣服的人會被欺負。

Feminism is needed because women who don't shave are considered less woman，as if hair wasn't something natural from our human body. Feminism is needed because women are paid less than man for the same job position in so many places. Feminism is needed because we stillhave meanings for"act like a girl" and"act like a man." Feminism is needed because girls can't play soccer. Boys can't read pink books. As we can see，our lovely sexist society still exists，and we should all deserve fair treatment.

女權主義是必要的，因為不刮腋毛的女人被認為是沒什么女人味的，就好像毛發(fā)不是人類身體的自然產物一樣。女權主義是必要的，因為在很多地方，相同的工作崗位，女性的工資比男性低。女權主義是必要的，因為我們仍然賦予”像女孩一樣行動“和“像男人一樣行動“存在的意義。女權主義是必要的，因為女孩子不能踢足球。男孩子不能讀粉紅色的書。正如我們所看到的，我們“可愛的“性別歧視社會仍然存在，我們都應該得到公平對待。

You may be asking，but what can we do to fight sexism?In my opinion，I believe that education and information are theremedy for any type of ignorance，so gender equality should be something that every school should talk about. Having simple discussions about the sexist society we live in，or even analyzing how men and women are portrayed in media can be very powerful to open the minds of those who don't realise how bad our current situation is and show them how much we can do to change it. In Australia，some high schools are officializing feminism theory as an elective course.

你可能會問：“但是我們又能做些什么來反對性別歧視呢?”就我個人而言，我認為教育和信息是醫(yī)治任何一種無知的良藥，所以性別平等應該是每個學校都應該討論的話題。簡單討論一下我們所處的性別歧視社會，或者甚至分析媒體是如何描繪男人和女人的，這可以極大地開放思想，那些沒有意識到我們的現狀有多糟糕的人的思想，并向他們展示我們可以做多少來改變它。在澳大利亞，一些高中正式把女權主義理論作為一門選修課。

All around the world，students and teachers are starting Feminist Clubs in their schools. I dream about the day we will look back and think，"but why do we have to teach kids about gender equality in schools?" because everybody will be given the same right. But for now，this is a step in the right direction. But also，as we know，education doesn't come only from schools. Open-minded families that accept their children to choose what they want to play or read are needed. We need parents to educate their children to not assault，to not bully，and to be tolerant.

在世界各地，學生和教師開始在學校里創(chuàng)辦女權主義俱樂部。我夢想有一天當我們回首往事時，我們會想，“但為什么我們必須要在學校里教孩子們性別平等呢?”因為每個人都將被賦予同樣的權利。但就目前而言，這是朝著正確方向邁出的一步。但是，正如我們所知，教育不僅僅來自學。我們需要思想開明的家庭，讓孩子自己選擇想玩什么或想讀什么。我們需要父母教育他們的孩子不去攻擊、欺負別人，而是寬容別人。

Simple things like this，or even working to stop speaking with sex，sexist expressions，are a huge step toward a better society. So yes，I am a feminist. I am a feminist because this is a movement for so much more than just me. We need everybody involved in this，so feminism starts with you. And I truly believe that we can do this. Thank you very much.

像這樣簡單的事情，甚至努力去停止使用帶有性別歧視的表達方式，是邁向更美好的社會的一大步。是的，我是一個女權主義者。我是一個女權主義者，因為這是一場不僅僅是為了我自己的運動。我們需要每個人都參與進來，所以女權主義從你開始。我堅信我們可以做到這一點。非常感謝。