坚持学习分享第565天 只要有一个女人

今天儿子分享给我一首诗:

只要有一个女人

For Every Woman

作 者：南希·史密斯 By Nancy R. Smith, copyright 1973

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