女人和男人有同样的感受

英文原文

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.

中文译文

说人应该满足于平静的生活是徒劳的：人必须有行动；如果找不到行动，他们就会自己创造。千百万人注定要过比我更沉寂的生活，千百万人在默默反抗自己的命运。谁也不知道，在世间芸芸众生之中，除了政治反抗，还酝酿着多少别的反抗。人们一般认为女人应该非常安静，可是女人和男人有同样的感受；她们和她们的兄弟一样，需要发挥才能，需要施展身手的天地；她们受到过于严厉的束缚、过于绝对的停滞，也会和男人一样痛苦；比她们更有特权的同类说她们只该做做布丁、织织袜子、弹弹钢琴、绣绣手袋，那是心胸狭窄。如果她们想做得更多、学得更多，超出习俗为女性规定的范围，就去责备她们、嘲笑她们，那是轻率的。