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Gloria Steinem witnessed firsthand the backlash against the progress she had championed for feminism.

Gloria Steinem witnessed firsthand the backlash against the progress she had championed for feminism.

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September 5th, 2026

Gloria Steinem witnessed firsthand the backlash against the progress she had championed for feminism.

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It was precisely the struggle to defend abortion rights that propelled Gloria Steinem to the vanguard of the feminist movement.

正是那场旨在捍卫堕胎权利的斗争格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆推向了女权主义运动的最前沿

For women, the inability to autonomously determine whether or when to bear children renders any discourse on equality moota conviction that constituted the central tenet of the feminist movement in the late 1960s, and Steinem, until her demise on Wednesday at the age of 92, remained its most salient embodiment.

女性若无法自主决定是否生育或何时生育,便无从谈及平等——这一信念构成20世纪60年代末女权主义运动的核心要义,而斯泰纳姆直至周三辞世、享年92岁之际,始终是这场运动最鲜明的化身。

The triumph of that movement fundamentally reshaped America's cultural landscape and the contours of domestic life, propelling women into the labor force on an unprecedented scale, even as its advocates continued their relentless struggle against the still-entrenched gender pay gap, the endemic scourge of sexual harassment, and the structural predicament of woefully inadequate female representation at the upper echelons of both corporate and political power.

那场运动的胜利从根本上重塑了美国的文化格局家庭生活形态促使女性以前所未有的规模涌入劳动力市场尽管倡导者们仍在持续抗争直面依然根深蒂固的性别薪酬鸿沟性骚扰痼疾,以及企业与政界高层中女性代表性严重不足的结构性困境

Yet Steinem herself witnessed the ferocious backlash against the feminism she had envisioned, as reproductive rights, motherhood, childbirth, and gender roles once again became the central battleground of America's culture wars.

然而斯泰纳姆亲身领略了针对她所构想的女性主义而掀起的猛烈逆流——生育权母职、生育性别角色再度沦为美国文化战争的核心战场

In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, thereby abolishing the constitutionally guaranteed right to abortion; since then, thirteen states have enacted total or near-total bans on the procedure.

2022年最高法院推翻了1973年罗伊诉韦德案的裁决从而废止了宪法所保障的堕胎权自此已有十三个州全面或近乎全面禁止堕胎。

Four additional states prohibit abortion after approximately six weeks of gestation, a juncture that frequently precedes a woman's awareness of her own pregnancy.

另有四州在妊娠约六周后禁止堕胎,这一时间点往往早于女性察觉自身受孕

Steinem decried this as a setback in the democratic process.

斯泰纳姆将此斥为民主进程中的一次挫败

For Christian conservative activists, however, it was an unequivocally resounding triumphone that has galvanized social movements championing the adherence of men and women to traditional gender roles, while frequently attributing the persistently declining birth rates, the escalating divorce rates, and the erosion of the perceived value of marriage and motherhood entirely to the ascendancy of feminism.

然而对于基督教保守派的活动人士而言,这无疑是一场酣畅淋漓的胜利,它不仅助长了鼓吹男女恪守传统性别角色的社会运动更常常将生育率持续走低离婚率不断攀升以及婚姻与母职价值式微的种种现象悉数归咎于女权主义的兴起

Through policy pronouncements and public rhetoric, officials of the Trump administrationVice President JD Vance among themalongside highly influential conservative organisations, have jointly spearheaded a social campaign exhorting young women to enter marriage earlier, bear more children, and prioritise family over career.

通过政策宣示公开言论特朗普政府官员——包括副总统JD·万斯——以及颇具影响力的保守派团体协同发起了一场旨在敦促年轻女性及早步入婚姻多育子女并将家庭置于事业之上社会运动

Feminism has inflicted profound harm upon both sexes, for it has relegated marriage and family to subordinate pursuits that warrant diminishment, as Delano Squires, co-author of the Heritage Foundation report 'Saving the Family to Save America,' so asserts.

女权主义对两性皆造成了深重戕害因其将婚姻与家庭贬抑为次要之追求理应遭受降格对待传统基金会报告《以拯救家庭来拯救美国》之合著者德拉诺·斯奎尔斯如是断言

The report laments that the devastation wrought upon American family life by misguided public policies of the 1960s has been exacerbated by cultural upheavals that have utterly subverted the social norms established around sex, sexual orientation, marriage, progeny, and gender roles.

该报告哀叹道20世纪60年代之失当公共政策对美国家庭生活所酿成的破坏复因文化剧变而愈演愈烈此等剧变彻底颠覆了围绕性性取向婚姻子女及性别角色所确立之社会规范

The report was co-authored by Emma Waters, a Heritage Foundation analyst who has emerged as a formidable voice among young conservative Christians, excoriating what she perceives as a feminist-driven "career-first" culture that, in her estimation, undermines women's well-being.

该报告亦由传统基金会分析师艾玛·沃特斯联名撰写,已在年轻保守派基督徒群体崛起为一股颇具影响力的声音对其所认定的由女权主义催生的“事业优先”文化予以抨击认为此种文化侵蚀了女性的福祉

Among its various recommendations, the report further urges Congress to establish investment accounts seeded with $2,500 for men and women who enter into matrimony before reaching the age of thirty.

除其他各项建议外报告还敦促国会在而立之年前缔结婚姻的男女设立投资账户并注入2500美元资金

In a recently published treatise, Waters directed scathing irony at the term "Ms."referring both to the honorific and to the periodical founded by Steinem.

在最近发表的一篇论述中沃特斯“女士”一词——既指称谓语亦指斯泰纳姆所创办的那份刊物——施以了辛辣的讥讽

"In the contemporary world, the most defiant choice a woman of twenty-eight can make is to adopt her husband's surname and, with a magnanimous spirit, embrace the sacred gift of motherhood," she thus wrote.

在当今之世,一位年届二十八的女性所能做出的最具反叛意味的抉择莫过于随夫姓,并以一种开阔的胸襟去接纳母亲这一神圣的赠礼,”她如是写道

Steinem herself remained childless throughout her life, openly admitting that she has never harboured the slightest regret over this decision, while simultaneously underscoring that it remains a commendable choice for others.

斯泰纳姆本人毕生未育她坦言对此抉择从未有过丝毫悔意同时亦强调此乃他人之良选

She has unwaveringly championed reproductive choice, elevating it to the very cornerstone of female empowerment.

矢志不渝地倡导生育选择权将其奉为女性赋权之基石

Steinem did not embark upon her career in radical activism until she had reached the age of thirty, having previously attended a gathering in 1969 at which the women present articulated their divergent perspectives on the issue of abortion rights; the firsthand accounts she heard there moved her profoundly, prompting her to summon the courage to publicly disclose that she herself had undergone a clandestine abortion in London at the age of twenty-two.

斯泰纳姆迟至而立之年方始投身激进主义运动此前她曾出席1969年的一场集会彼时与会女性堕胎权议题各抒己见,所闻之亲身经历令她深受触动鼓起勇气公开披露自己二十二岁那年伦敦秘密施行堕胎的往事。

At that juncture, abortion remained an unlawful practice across the greater part of the United States.

彼时堕胎在美国大部分地区尚属非法之举

It was not until 1965, in the landmark case of Griswold v. Connecticut, that the Supreme Court first enshrined the right to contraception as a constitutionally protected liberty.

直至1965年最高法院在具有里程碑意义的格里斯沃尔德诉康涅狄格州案中,始将节育权确立为受宪法保障之权利

According to statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer than half of women were participating in the labor force at that time.

美国劳工统计局之统计数据彼时参与劳动力市场的女性尚不足半数

The dismissal of women on grounds of pregnancy was, remarkably, still lawfula state of affairs that persisted until the enactment of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act in 1978.

因妊娠而解雇女性之举竟属合法此一状况直至1978年《怀孕歧视法》颁行方告终结

When a woman applied for a credit card, banks typically required a male co-signatory before her application could be approved.

银行在女性申办信用卡之际通常要求其须有男性共同签署人方可获批

In Congress at that time, there were merely eleven female legislatorsa paltry number indeed.

彼时国会之中女性议员仅区区十一位而已

Times have changed, and the present bears scant resemblance to the past.

时移世易今非昔比

At present, approximately fifty-eight percent of women aged twenty and above participate in the labour force; yet when one narrows the lens to the prime working-age bracket of twenty-five to fifty-four, that figure ascends to seventy-seven percent.

当前年满二十周岁及以上的女性群体中约有百分之五十八投身于劳动力市场聚焦于二十五至五十四岁这一黄金劳动年龄段该比例则跃升至百分之七十七

Looking back to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974legislation championed with considerable tenacity by the scant handful of female legislators then seated in Congressit was therein expressly stipulated that denying a woman a credit card or a loan on the grounds of sex constituted an unlawful act.

回溯一九七四年颁布的《平等信贷机会法》——此项立法由彼时国会中屈指可数的女性议员竭力促成——明文规定以性别为由拒绝向女性发放信用卡或提供贷款即属违法行径

In the present day, the halls of Congress count one hundred and fifty-two women among their number, deliberating in the service of governance.

时至今日国会殿堂内已有152位女性议员共襄议政

Many rights, hard-won through arduous struggle, are regarded, at least in principle, even by the most resolute conservatives, as unassailable cornerstones.

诸多历经艰辛方得之的权利至少在原则上即便在立场最为坚定的保守派人士看来,亦属不可动摇之基石

Squires of the Heritage Foundation avers that he in no way questions women's entitlement to property, credit, suffrage, or employment, notwithstanding his own advocacy of conventional gender roles.

传统基金会之斯奎尔斯宣称他绝不质疑女性拥有财产、信贷、投票或工作之权尽管他本人对传统性别角色持拥护之态

Nevertheless, even the most radical assertions have been amplified by certain figures in positions of authority.

尽管如此即便是最为激进的主张某些当权者予以放大

Take, for instance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who reposted a video concerning a Christian nationalist church, in which several pastors proclaimed that women should no longer be entitled to the franchisea move that promptly ignited a firestorm of controversy.

国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯为例转发了一段涉及基督教民族主义教会的视频片中数位牧师宣称女性不应再享有投票权此举旋即引发轩然大波

Beth Allison Barr, a professor of women's history at Baylor University, observes that for the religious right, feminism subverts the ideal of a 'God-fearing' householdwherein the father serves as the family's guide and guardianand emboldens women to place their own aspirations above those of their husbands and children.

贝勒大学女性历史学教授贝丝·艾莉森·巴尔指出对于宗教右翼而言女权主义颠覆了“敬神”的理想——即父亲作为家庭的引领者与守护者——并怂恿女性将自身诉求凌驾于丈夫与子女之上

"This posits a fundamental dichotomy: to be a devout Christian precludes being a feminist."

这使得两者陷入根本性对立:欲为虔诚基督徒便不可为女权主义者。”

Women's advocacy organizations issue a grave admonition that whether it be the curtailment of reproductive autonomy or the vilification of feminism as an assault on the very foundations of the family, the underlying malady lies in the systematic disempowerment of women, thereby extinguishing their liberty to chart the course of their own lives.

女性倡导组织严正警示无论是钳制生育自主权,抑或将女权主义污名化对家庭根基的攻讦其深层症结皆在于系统性地剥夺女性的权能从而扼杀她们自主抉择人生轨迹的自由

Fatima Goss Graves, Chief Executive Officer of the National Women's Law Center, contends that progressive measuressuch as extending and expanding paid family leave and enhancing affordable childcare servicesare, in essence, providing substantive support to families, ensuring that raising children no longer comes at the expense of women's career advancement and economic independence.

国家妇女法律中心首席执行官法蒂玛·戈斯·格雷夫斯指出诸如延长并扩充带薪家事假改善可负担育儿服务之类的进步性举措实则是在为家庭提供切实支撑使抚养子女不再以牺牲女性的事业发展经济独立为代价。

"We are indeed embroiled in a more expansive cultural contest, the crux of which pertains to the very configuration of our nation's future and the position women ought to occupy within society," Graves thus asserted.

我们确实置身于一场更为宏阔的文化博弈之中,其核心关乎我们民族之未来形态,以及女性在社会中所应占据的位势,”戈斯·格雷夫斯如是断言

Notwithstanding the interweaving of setbacks such as the overturning of Roe v. Wade with unfinished endeavors like the pursuit of the Equal Rights Amendment, Estelle Freedman, a professor of women's history at Stanford University, nonetheless asserts that feminism in the United States has become deeply embedded in the very fabric of modern life, its momentum being, in her words, "perhaps irrepressible."

尽管在推翻罗伊诉韦德案等挫折与争取平等权利修正案等未竟事业的交织下斯坦福大学女性历史学教授埃斯特尔·弗里德曼仍断言美国的女性主义已根植于现代生活肌理之中其势能或许不可遏制”。

She contends that, at least under the prevailing circumstances, the very survival of the economy has come to hinge upon women's sustained participation in the workforce.

她断言至少就当前情势而言经济之存续已然系于女性之持续投身职场

The feminist movement, which originated in the early 19th century, has traversed periods of both 'mobilization and harvest at its zenith, as well as epochs of backlash and despondency,' yet throughout its entirety, it has 'persistently honed its resilience through self-recomposition and profound introspection, growing ever more robust,' as Friedman so asserts.

自19世纪初叶发轫的女权运动虽历经动员与收获的鼎盛期亦不乏反弹与挫败的困顿期”,然其全程始终在自我重组深刻反思砥砺精进日趋强韧”,弗里德曼如是断言。

Friedman points out that Steinem furnished the movement with an indispensable continuity spanning more than half a century, a role whose significance is beyond substitution.

弗里德曼指出斯泰纳姆为这场运动提供了跨越逾半个世纪不可或缺的关键连续性其作用无可替代

The prominence she commands will ensure that posterity remembers this as a protracted odyssey, an undertaking that must be pursued with unwavering resolve and steadfast perseverance, as Friedman so asserts.

她所带来的瞩目度将确保世人铭记这是一场旷日持久的跋涉,且是一项必须矢志不渝、持之以恒地推进伟业弗里德曼如是断言

In her valedictory essay, published in The New Yorker on September 3rd, Steinem herself, with magnanimous equanimity, engaged in a profound and perspicacious reflection upon the aforementioned litany of setbacks.

在其于9月3日付梓于《纽约客》绝笔随笔中,斯泰纳姆本人以旷达之怀上述种种挫败进行了深邃而透彻的省思

As I set pen to paper, the world appears to have descended into a state of utter chaos.

在我落笔之际世界似已陷入混沌之境

Many contend that every modicum of progress we have achieved is now being systematically reversed.

众多人士认为我们所取得的一切进展皆在遭受逆转

Should you, like me, be fortunate enough to attain a venerable age, then it behooves the elder to remind all of us how far we have journeyed,” she wrote.

倘若你如我一般有幸得享高寿那么身为长者的职责,便是提醒众人我们已然跋涉了多远的路程,”她写道

It is precisely because of this movement that the majority of people in the world today have already witnessed the presence of female astronauts, union organizers, farmers, liberators, and peacemakers.”

正因这场运动当今世上大多数人已然目睹过女性宇航员工会组织者农夫解放者和平缔造者的身影。”

With a stroke of breathtaking virtuosity, she distills ostensibly mundane imagery into philosophical meditations that pierce the very core of the soul, while between the lines flows an unrelenting interrogation of existence itselfsuch is the exquisiteness of her diction and the labyrinthine intricacy of her structure that they ascend to the apogee of literary artistry.

以令人叹为观止的笔触将那些看似寻常的意象淬炼成直抵灵魂深处的哲思字里行间流淌着对存在本质的叩问其语言之精妙结构之繁复已然臻至文学艺术的巅峰境界

The journalist's in-depth reportage on the female labour market received financial backing from Pivotal Ventures.

记者对女性劳动力市场的深度报道获得了Pivotal Ventures财务支持

The Associated Press bears full responsibility for all content.

美联社对所有内容承担全部责任

On AP.org, one may consult the standards governing the Associated Press's collaborations with philanthropic entities, the roster of its benefactors, and the domains of reportage thus underwritten.

在AP.org上可查阅美联社与慈善机构合作的标准支持者名单以及资助的报道领域

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