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Unfortunately, she told me that she encountered resentment from another source — the navy wives.
遺憾的是，她告訴我，對(duì)她的怨恨竟然來自那些軍嫂們。
At an onshore "welcome" dinner, the wives of her colleagues pounced and accused her of being a "bra-burning feminist out to prove a point."
在一次海岸歡迎宴會(huì)上，同事們的妻子都指責(zé)她是“一個(gè)跳出來證明自己的、燒了胸罩的女權(quán)主義者”。
They forced her to defend her career choice, reputation, and personal life.
她們的行為逼得她不得不去捍衛(wèi)自己的事業(yè)選擇、名譽(yù)以及個(gè)人生活。
"I was shocked! Talk about uncomfortable!" she wrote. "I did my best to answer their questions and stand my ground.
“我真是吃驚萬分！這簡(jiǎn)直讓人太不舒服了！”她寫道，“我盡可能地回答她們的問題，同時(shí)堅(jiān)持自己的立場(chǎng)。
Eventually they backed off and started in on my husband!"
最后她們對(duì)我的態(tài)度總算緩和了些，但是又開始批評(píng)我的丈夫！”
We must work harder to rise above this.
我們必須付出更多的努力去克服這些問題，
The gender wars need an immediate and lasting peace.
立即停止這樣的性別戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。我們需要永久的和平。
True equality will be achieved only when we all fight the stereotypes that hold us back.
只有當(dāng)所有人都去反對(duì)那些阻礙女性進(jìn)步的觀念時(shí)，真正的平等才會(huì)實(shí)現(xiàn)。
Feeling threatened by others' choices pulls us all down.
因他人的理解而感到威脅，這樣的心理會(huì)把所有人都拉下水。
Instead, we should funnel our energy into breaking this cycle.
相反，我們要正確引導(dǎo)自己去打破這樣的怪圈。
Sharon Meers tells a story about a school parents' night she attended in which the children introduced their parents.
莎倫·密爾茲講述了她參加過的一個(gè)“家長(zhǎng)之夜”，活動(dòng)中孩子們會(huì)向大家介紹自己的父母。
Sharon's daughter Sammy pointed at her father and said, "This is Steve, he makes buildings, kind of like an architect, and he loves to sing."
密爾茲的女兒薩米指著她爸爸說：“這是史蒂夫，他是修大樓的，他還喜歡唱歌。”
Then Sammy pointed at Sharon and said, "This is Sharon, she wrote a book, she works full-time, and she never picks me up from school."
然后薩米指著媽媽說：“這是莎倫，她寫書，每天都在工作，放學(xué)時(shí)從不來接我。”
To Sharon's credit, hearing this account did not make her feel guilty.
密爾茲聽到女兒這么說也沒覺得很自責(zé)，
Instead, she said, "I felt mad at the social norms that make my daughter feel odd because her mother doesn't conform to those norms."
她反倒想：“讓我生氣的是那些陳舊觀念，我女兒之所以顯得與眾不同，僅僅是因?yàn)樗赣H不按照那些老觀念行事。”
