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Of course, many men take big jobs when their wives are weeks away from giving birth, and no one raises it as an issue,
當然，很多男人在自己妻子休產假時會被委以重任，沒人覺得這是多重要的問題。
but Marissa's condition quickly became headline news.
然而，邁耶很快就成了頭條新聞，
She was heralded as the first pregnant CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Feminists cheered.
她被媒體稱作“財富500強企業里第一位懷孕的首席執行官”。女權主義者為此歡呼。
Then Marissa let it be known: "My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it."
隨后，邁耶宣布：“我會休兩個星期的產假，這期間我也不會中斷工作。”
Many feminists stopped cheering.
于是，許多女權主義者停止了歡呼。
Since taking such a short leave is not feasible or desirable for everyone,
不是每個人都會休這么短的產假，也不是每個人都愿意這么做。
they argued that Marissa was hurting the cause by setting up unreasonable expectations.
她們認為邁耶的做法會給女性提出不合理的期望，這對女權主義事業是一種損害。
So was this one giant leap forward for womankind and one baby step back? Of course not.
那么，對女性來說，這算不算一種打了折扣的進步？當然不是。
Marissa became the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company ...while pregnant.
瑪麗薩·邁耶成了財富500強企業中最年輕的首席執行官，而且是在懷孕期間被任命的。
She decided how she wanted to manage her career and family and never claimed that her choice should apply to anyone else.
她已經想好怎么處理事業和家庭的關系，而且從沒說過自己的做法適用于每位女性。
If she had cut Yahoo's maternity leave to two weeks for all employees, then concern would have been in order.
如果她要求雅虎的每個員工都只休兩個星期的產假，那么人們的擔心肯定是有道理的。
She did not do this, but she was still roundly criticized.
盡管她沒這么做，但還是招來了批評聲，
Even a European cabinet member weighed in.
甚至一個歐洲內閣成員也加入了爭論。
Like any individual, Marissa knows best what she is capable of given her particular circumstances.
和任何人一樣，邁耶心里最清楚自己是否有能力處理她的特殊情況。
And as journalist Kara Swisher also noted, Marissa "has a husband who can actually take care of the child, and no one seems to remember that."
正如記者卡拉·斯威舍所說，邁耶“有一個能真正照顧好孩子的丈夫，但好像沒人注意到這一點”。
