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We are now going through an amazing and unprecedented moment
我們現在正在經歷著一個驚人的、史無前例的時刻
where the power dynamics between men and women are shifting very rapidly,
男人和女人之間的力量正在迅速地轉換著。
and in many of the places where it counts the most, women are, in fact, taking control of everything.
并且在很多重要的地方，女性實際上控制著一切。
In my mother's day, she didn't go to college. Not a lot of women did.
在我母親的那個時代，她沒有上過大學。大部分女性都沒上大學。
And now, for every two men who get a college degree, three women will do the same.
然而如今，在五個獲得大學學位的人中，兩名是男性而三名是女性。
Women, for the first time this year, became the majority of the American workforce.
女性，這一年頭一次成為了美國勞動力的多數。
And they're starting to dominate lots of professions -- doctors, lawyers, bankers, accountants.
并且她們逐漸開始主導很多職業--醫生，律師，銀行家，會計師。
Over 50 percent of managers are women these days,
目前超過百分之五十的經理是女性。
and in the 15 professions projected to grow the most in the next decade,
預計將在未來十年中發展最快的十五個行業中，
all but two of them are dominated by women.
有十三個行業被女性主導。
So the global economy is becoming a place where women are more successful than men, believe it or not,
也就是說在全球經濟上女性比男性更加成功。信不信由你，
and these economic changes are starting to rapidly affect our culture --
這些經濟變化將迅速地影響我們的文化--
what our romantic comedies look like, what our marriages look like,
影響我們的浪漫喜劇，我們的婚姻，
what our dating lives look like, and our new set of superheroes.
我們的戀愛和我們新一代的超級英雄。
For a long time, this is the image of American manhood that dominated --
很長一段時間，占主導地位的美國男子氣概的形象是這樣的--
tough, rugged, in control of his own environment.
堅韌的，粗獷的，能夠控制他的周圍環境。
A few years ago, the Marlboro Man was retired
幾年前，這個萬寶路男人退休了
and replaced by this much less impressive specimen, who is a parody of American manhood,
并且被這個給人印象不深的家伙，一個惡搞美國男子氣概的人所替代了。
and that's what we have in our commercials today.
這就是我們現在的廣告。
The phrase "first-born son" is so deeply ingrained in our consciousness that this statistic alone shocked me.
'頭胎生子'的俗語是如此根深蒂固地在我們的意識中，以至于這個統計數據使我十分震驚。
In American fertility clinics, 75 percent of couples are requesting girls and not boys.
在美國生育診所，百分之七十五的夫婦希望生個女孩而非男孩。
And in places where you wouldn't think, such as South Korea, India and China,
在一些你想象不到的地方，如韓國，印度和中國，
the very strict patriarchal societies are starting to break down a little,
這些非常嚴謹的父系社會體系正被打破，
and families are no longer strongly preferring first-born sons.
而這些家庭們也不再強烈地偏好兒子。
