The fight for abortion rights made Gloria Steinem a feminist.
争取堕胎权的斗争让格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆成为女权主义者。
She died on Wednesday at the age of 92.
她于周三去世,享年92岁。
She was an important leader of the women's movement in the late 1960s.
她是20世纪60年代末女权运动的重要代表。
The movement's victories changed American culture.
那场运动的胜利改变了美国文化。
Many women entered the workforce, but problems like the gender pay gap still remain.
大量女性进入劳动力市场,但性别薪酬差距等问题仍然存在。
Steinem saw with her own eyes the opposition to the feminism she had imagined.
斯泰纳姆亲眼看到了针对她所设想的女权主义的反对声音。
In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
2022年,最高法院推翻了罗伊诉韦德案。
This removed the constitutional right to abortion.
这取消了宪法规定的堕胎权。
After that, 13 states banned abortion completely or almost completely.
此后,13个州全面或几乎全面禁止堕胎。
Four other states banned abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy.
另有四个州在怀孕约六周后禁止堕胎。
Steinem called this a setback for democracy.
斯泰纳姆称这是民主的挫折。
Christian conservative activists see this as a huge victory.
基督教保守派活动人士认为这是巨大胜利。
They push for a return to traditional gender roles.
他们推动传统性别角色回归。
Trump administration officials and conservative groups encourage young women to marry early and have more children.
特朗普政府官员和保守派团体鼓励年轻女性早婚、多生育。
They want women to put family before career.
他们希望女性把家庭放在事业之前。
A report from the Heritage Foundation says feminism treats marriage and family as secondary goals.
传统基金会的一份报告说,女权主义把婚姻和家庭说成次要目标。
The report says this harms both men and women.
报告称这对男女都造成伤害。
The report suggests Congress create $2,500 investment accounts for men and women who marry before age 30.
该报告建议国会为30岁前结婚的男女设立2500美元的投资账户。
Steinem herself never had children.
斯泰纳姆本人从未生育。
She says she has no regrets and keeps strongly supporting the right to choose.
她说自己不后悔,并继续坚决支持生育选择权。
She turned to activism in her thirties.
她在30多岁时转向激进主义。
At a meeting in 1969, she heard women talk about abortion rights.
1969年的一次会议上,她听到女性讨论堕胎权。
This gave her the courage to share that she had a secret abortion in London at age 22.
这让她鼓起勇气公开自己22岁时在伦敦秘密堕胎的经历。
At that time, abortion was illegal in most of the United States.
当时,堕胎在美国大部分地区是非法的。
The rate of women in the workforce was below 50 percent.
女性劳动力参与率不足50%。
Banks often required women to have a male co-signer when applying for credit cards.
银行常要求女性申请信用卡时有男性共同签署人。
Today, the situation is very different.
如今情况大不相同。
About 58% of women aged 20 and older are in the workforce.
约58%的20岁及以上女性参与劳动力市场。
There are 152 women in Congress.
国会中有152位女性议员。
Many hard-won rights are still strong in principle.
许多来之不易的权利在原则上仍然稳固。
But some radical ideas are being amplified by those in power.
但一些激进想法被掌权者放大。
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video.
国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯转发了一段视频。
In the video, a pastor says women should no longer be allowed to vote.
视频中有牧师说女性不应再被允许投票。
This caused widespread anger.
这引发了广泛愤怒。
Women's groups warn that limiting the right to have children aims to weaken women's power. They also warn that calling feminism an attack on the family does the same.
女性倡导组织警告说,限制生育权利和把女权主义说成对家庭的攻击,核心是削弱女性权力。
Fatima Goss Graves heads the National Women's Law Center. She says ideas like longer paid family leave and better affordable childcare support families.
国家妇女法律中心首席执行官法蒂玛·戈斯·格雷夫斯表示,扩大带薪家庭假和改善可负担儿童保育等进步提议,实际上是在支持家庭。
These measures make raising children easier without forcing women to give up their careers.
这些措施让抚养孩子更容易,而不需要迫使女性放弃事业。
Estelle Freedman, a history professor at Stanford University, says feminism is now deeply part of modern life.
斯坦福大学历史学教授埃斯特尔·弗里德曼表示,女权主义已深深融入现代生活。
She says the momentum may be unstoppable because the economy depends on women continuing to work.
她说势头可能无法阻挡,因为经济依赖女性继续工作。
She points out that Steinem has given the movement key continuity for over half a century.
她指出,斯泰纳姆为运动提供了半个多世纪的关键连续性。
In her last essay for The New Yorker, Steinem stays optimistic about setbacks.
斯泰纳姆在《纽约客》的最后一篇散文中对挫折持乐观态度。
She writes: "This movement changed things. Most people in the world have now seen women astronauts, union organizers, farmers, liberators, and peacemakers."
她写道:“因为这场运动,世界上大多数人现在都见过女性宇航员、工会组织者、农民、解放者和和平缔造者。”