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Some of the pictograms are straightforward, illustrating the differences in
everyday female and male experiences that point to problematic gendered
stereotypes such as the gender pay gap. Others however, take a more
tongue-in-cheek approach to comparing uncomfortable realities -- such as the
fact that the depiction of women is the same in both men's and women's
magazines.
有些象形图很直接地描绘了日常生活中男女经历的不同,直指诸如性别薪水差距等存在问题的性别典型。然而,其他的象形图,以一种更像开玩笑的方式来比较让人不爽的现实——比如女人的形象在男女的杂志中是一样的。
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In her introduction, Liu encourages readers to look past what may be
accepted as the norm and prompts them to question where these gender stereotypes
come from. A man doing housework and taking care of his children is a "modern
man," yet a woman doing the same is deemed a "housewife." A woman's self-image
is drastically exaggerated, while a man's is slightly the opposite. A man might
feel he should exaggerate the number of sexual partners he has had or wants to
have, while a woman might think she needs to minimize her "number."
在她的介绍部分,刘女士鼓励读者去透过也许被视为社会常规的来看,并鼓励读者去询问这些性别典型从何而来。一个做家庭作业同时照顾自己孩子的男人是个“现代男人”,而做同样事的女人却被视为“家庭主妇”。女人的自我形象被彻底地夸张了,而男人的形象轻微地反向发展了。男人也许觉得他应该夸大有过的或想要有的性伴侣的数目,然而女人也许认为她需要减小她的“数目”。
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There is a reason a person's gender fundamentally impacts the way she or he
experiences the world, and while Liu presents some of the problems that arise
from strict gender roles, she doesn't necessarily offer prescriptions to fix
them, leaving it to the reader to consider solutions on a small scale.
一个人的性别,从根本上影响着她或他经历世界的方式,这其中是有原因的。而刘女士在展示由严格的性别角色引发的一些问题的同时,并没有一定要提供处理问题的方式,而是留给读者去小范围地考虑解决方案。
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"With this little book I would like to present a visual documentary of my
personal views on the subject of communication between men and women," Liu
writes. "I thereby hope to be able to encourage all of us to approach this
subject with a little more humor and, in our daily interactions, to look at and
think about things from the viewpoint of the opposite sex."
“在这本小书中,我想要展现一个可视化的文档,是关于我个人对男女沟通这一主题的看法,”刘女士写道。“因此,我希望能够鼓励大家都去带着些许更多的幽默去看待这一话题,在我们的日常相处中,从另一性别的角度去看待和思考事物。”
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