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演讲全文:Today we are launching a campaign HeForShe. I am reaching out to you because we need your help. We must try to mobilize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change. We don’t just want to talk about it. We want to try and make sure it’s tangible. I was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women 6 months ago.The more I spoke about feminism, the more I realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain is that this has to stop. For the record, feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of political, economic and social equality of the sexes.When I was 8, I was called bossy because I wanted to direct a play we would put on for our parents. When at 14, I started to be sexualized by certain elements of the media. At 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of sports teams because they didn’t want to appear masculine. At 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings.I decided that I was a feminist. This seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word. Women are choosing not to identify as feminists. Apparently, [women’s expression is] seen as too strong, too aggressive, isolating, and anti-men, unattractive even.Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one? I think it is right I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decisions that will affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men.But sadly, I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to see these rights. No country in the world can yet say that they achieved gender equality. These rights are considered to be human rights but I am one of the lucky ones.My life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn’t love me less because I was born a daughter. My school did not limit me because I was a girl. My mentors didn*t assume that I would go less far because I might give birth to a child one day. These influences are the gender equality ambassadors that made me who I am today. They may not know it but they are the inadvertent feminists needed in the world today. We need more of those.If you still hate the word, it is not the word that is important. It is the idea and the ambition behind it because not all women have received the same rights I have. In fact, statistically, very few have.In 1997, Hillary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women’s rights. Sadly, many of the things that she wanted to change are still true today. What struck me the most was that less than 30% of the audience were male. How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or being welcomed to participate in the conversation?Men, I would like to give this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue, too. Because to date, I’ve seen my father’s role as a parent being valued less by society. I’ve seen young men suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help for fear it would make them less of a man. In fact, in the UK, suicide is the biggest killer of men between 20 to 49, eclipsing road accidents, cancer and heart disease. I’ve seen men fragile and insecure by what constitutes male success. Men don’t have the benefits of equality, either.We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that they are. When they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence. If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled.Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong. It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals. We should stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are. We can all be freer and this is what HeForShe is about. It’s about freedom. I want men to take up this mantle so that their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too, reclaim parts of themselves they abandoned and in doing so, be a more true and complete version of themselves.You might think: who is this Harry Potter girl? What is she doing at the UN? I’ve been asking myself the same thing. All I know is that I care about this problem and I want to make it better. And having seen what I’ve seen and given the chance, I feel it is my responsibility to say something. Statesman Edmund Burke said all that is need for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.In my nervousness for this speech and in my moments of doubt, I told myself firmly: if not me, who? If not now, when? If you cast doubts when opportunity is presented to you, I hope those words will be helpful. Because the reality is if we do nothing, it will take 75 years or maybe 100 before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work. 15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children. And at current rates, it won*t be until 2086 before all rural African girls can have a secondary education.If you believe in equality, you might be one of the inadvertent feminists I spoke of earlier and for this I appraud you. We must strive for a united world but the good news is we have a platform. It is called HeForShe. I invite you to step forward, to be seen and I ask yourself: if not me, who? If not now, when? Thank you.希望可以帮到你

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《20岁光阴不再来》——根据Meg Jay 演讲整理。 我20多岁的时候 见了我第一位心理诊疗的客户 那时我是伯克利大学临床心理学的博士生。 一名26岁的女士,名叫亚历克斯。 第一次诊聊时,亚历克斯穿着牛仔裤和宽大松垮的上衣走进我的办公室,一屁股坐 在沙发上,踢掉她的平底鞋,然后告诉我她要谈谈男人问题。听到这,我大松一口 气。我同学的第一个客户是个纵火犯。而我的是个20多岁的姑娘要聊男人问题。 我想这我肯定应付得了。但是我没有。 对于亚历克斯带来的有趣的故事,我所用的缓兵之计,很简单,便是点头应和。 亚历克斯说“30岁是一个新的20岁”,就那是我所认为的,她是对的。 之后会有工作,会有婚姻,再有了儿女,最后是死亡。 像我和亚历克斯这样的20多岁的人,有的是时间。 但是没过多久,我的导师催促我,让她认真考虑她的感情生活。我拒绝了。 我说:“没错,她的对象很差劲,她在和一个傻瓜交往,可是没有迹象她要嫁给他。” 然后我的导师说:“她不嫁给这个但可能嫁给下个(傻瓜),再说,给亚历克斯有帮助的建议的最好的时机是在她结婚之前。” 那就是心理学家所谓“顿悟”时刻。 那一刻我意识到 30岁不是一个新的20岁。没错,现在人们结婚的年龄比以前大一些,但这并没有使亚历克斯的20岁成为发展的搁浅期,这使亚历克斯的20岁成为发展的关键时期,而我们却在挥霍它。那一刻我意识到这种善意的忽视,是个严重的问题,而且是有后果,不仅对亚历克斯和她的感情生活,而是对所有处在20多岁年龄的人的事业、家庭及未来。 现在,美国有五千万20多岁的人,我们在讨论总人口的15%,或者你这样想,所有的人都要先经历过他们的20岁才能进入成年。或者你和20多岁的人共事,或者你爱着一个20多岁的人,或者你在20多岁的时候失眠,好了,总之,20多岁的这段时间真的很重要。我专长与0多岁的青年是因为我相信,这五千多万20多岁的人都应该知道心理学家、社会学家、神经学家和生育专家已经知道的事:20岁对于你来说,是你能对你的感情、幸福,甚至这个世界能做的最简单但最有影响力的事之一。 这不是 我的观点,这是事实。 我们知道人生80%的决定性时刻发生在35岁。这意味着十分之八的能够决定你人生的决定、经历和那些“顿悟”时刻出现在 30岁中旬。40多岁的人,无需惊慌,我认为,你们没问题的。事业前十年发展,对今后的收入有很大的影响。我们知道一半以上的美国人在30岁 的时候结婚或是在和他们今后的伴侣同居或交往。 我们知道大脑在你20多岁时结束第二次也是最后一次发育高峰。然后它开启成年人的模式,这意味着,不管想改变自己的什么,现在就是时候。 我们知道20多岁时性格的改变要远远多于别的时期,我们还知道女性的生育能力在28岁时达到高峰,在35岁之后会变得棘手。所以20多岁就是培养自己的时候,对于自己的健康和今后的选择。 当我想到儿童的发展,我们都知道前5年是脑部语言区和大脑中其他部分发育的关键时期。那段日子看似平常普通,却对你以后的成长有着深远的影响。但是我们对成年时期的发展知道的却很少,而20多岁,是成年发展的关键时期。但是很少有人告诉20多岁的人这些话。报纸上说20多岁是成年的过渡期。研究人员说20多岁是青春的延长期。记者为20多岁的人起的外号是“夹在中间者”和“成年孩子”。我们已经习惯忽视了成年期中这个具有决定性的十年。 伦纳德·伯恩斯坦说,想要有大成就,你需要一个计划和很少的时间。说的很对嘛!你想想,如果你拍着一个20岁的年轻人的脑袋说:“你还有十年的时间开始你的生活,”会发生什么? 什么也不会发生。 你已经偷走了他的紧迫感和雄心,所以当然的什么也不会发生了。日复一日,像你或者你们的儿子和女儿一样聪明、有趣的20多岁的人来我的办公室,说这些话:“我知道我男朋友不适合我,但这段感情不作数,我只是在消磨时间。”或者说,“每个人都说只要我能在三十岁的时候,开始我的事业,就没问题。”渐渐地,开始变成这样:“我都快30岁了,我没有什么拿得出手的。我大学毕业时候的简历比现在都好。”再后来就变成这样:“20多岁的时候谈恋爱就像玩抢椅子,每个人都东奔西跑的玩乐,但是在30岁左右时音乐停止了,每个人都开始坐下,我不想只有我站着,所以有时候我想我嫁给我丈夫,是因为他是我30岁时离我最近的椅子。”现在20多岁的朋友你们在哪?千万不要这样做。好吧,这好像是危言耸听,但是事实如此,风险是很高的,很多人在不得不面临他们的三十岁时会有巨大的压力,从而 迅速开始一个事业,选一个城市,结婚,然后在很短的一段时间内有一个或两个孩子。这些事很多是互不相容的,并且研究开始表明,在30多岁的时候一下子都完成这些,是很困难、压力很大的。如今往后的中年危机不是买一台红色跑车,是意识到你不能拥有你现在想要的事业,是意识到你不能拥有你现在想要的孩子,或是不能给你的孩子一个姊妹。太多30多岁的人和40多岁的人,看着他们自己,看着坐在房间另一端的我,回忆他们的20多岁,“我那会在做什么?我那会在想什么?”我想改变20多岁人的所做和所想。 我举个例子:关于一个名叫艾玛的女人的故事。 艾玛在她25岁的时候来到我的诊聊室。因为她有,用她的话讲,身份认同危机。她说她原以为她会在艺术界或是娱乐界工作,但是她还没想好,所以她做了几年的服务生。为了省些钱,她和她的脾气比志向大的男朋友住在一起。即便她20多岁的时候那么辛苦,但她小时候的生活更艰辛。在诊聊的时候她常常哭,但最后会安慰自己说:“你不能选择你的家人,但是你可以选择你的朋友。” 有一天,艾玛来到我的诊聊室,把头埋在膝盖里,哭了差不多一个小时。她刚买了一本新的通讯簿,早上的时候她在填写通讯信息,但是她盯着那片空白:上面写着:“如果遇到紧急情况,请联系…”愣住了。她看着我,几乎歇斯底里的说:“如果我 发生了交通意外,会有谁帮我?如果我得了癌症会有谁照顾我?”那一刻,我努力的忍住,没有说:“我会。”但是艾玛需要的不是一个非常非常关心她的心理医师。艾玛需要一个更好的生活,而我知道她时机到了。 从亚历克斯起,只是坐在听着艾玛定义她的十年时光流逝,我已经听太多了。 所以接下来的几周和几月里,我告诉艾玛三件事。这三件事是所有20多岁的人,男人或是女人都应该知道的。 首先,我告诉艾玛忘掉身份认同危机,获得一些身份资本。获得身份资本,我指的是去做一些可以增加你自身价值的事。对你以后想成为什么样的人投资。我并不知道艾玛未来的事业,没人知道以后的工作,但是我知道:身份资本会成为身份的资本。因此,现在正是开始那个横跨全国的工作的时候,正是时候开始实习,开始你做想做的事的时候。我不是在说20岁的探索冒险,我是在劝诫你们不要做无谓的探索,那不是探索,那是拖延。我告诉艾玛开始工作,并使它有意义。 第二,我告诉艾玛不要坐井观天。好朋友是可以载你一程去机场,但是20多岁的人如果只和想法相同的同龄人交往,限制了他们的交际圈,他们所知、所想、所讲和他们的工作地点,新的资本,新的恋爱对象几乎都是来自圈子外的。新事物来自于我们所谓的弱关系,即我们朋友的朋友的朋友。所以的确,20多岁的人有一半没有工作或是面临失业。但是另外一半有工作,而通过那些不那么直接的关系,就是你进入那个群体的途径。有一半的新工作是没有招聘信息的,所以去问你邻居的老板,是你得到那个没有招聘信息的工作的方法。这不是走后门。信息就是这样传播的。 最后,艾玛认为你不能选择你的家人,但你可以选择你的朋友。在她小时候是这样的,但是作为一个20多岁的人,很快地需要在创建自己的家庭时,选择她的家人。我告诉艾玛现在就是你选择你家人的时候。现在你可能认为在30岁时安定下来要比在20岁甚至25岁更可靠,我同意。但是随便抓一个你正在交往或是同居或是社交网络上的人走进婚姻的殿堂是行不通的。经营婚姻的最好时期是在你结婚前,这就意味着选择爱情要像选择工作一样的积极。选择你的家人就是要理智地选择,你想要和谁过什么样的生活,而不是为了应付或是消磨时间才和一个正好选了你的人在一起。艾玛后来怎么样了呢?我们查看了那本通讯簿,她找到一个前室友的表亲,这个人在另一个州的一家艺术博物馆工作。她通过这个关系在那找到了一份工作。这份工作给了她一个离开那时男友的理由。五年过去了,她现在是博物馆特殊活动的策划者。她谨慎地选择了她的丈夫。她热爱她的新事业,爱她的新家庭,在她寄给我的卡片上,她说:“现在那个空白的紧急情况联系栏已经没有那么可怕了。” 艾玛的故事听起来简单,但这是我喜欢和20多岁的人一起工作的原因。帮助他们很容易。20多岁的人们就像是一架刚从洛杉矶国际机场起航的飞机,向西飞去。刚起飞时,航道上一个小小的改变导致目的地的不同,如有阿拉斯加和斐济之间的差别。同样的,在21岁或25岁甚至是29岁时,一次好的谈话,一个好的假期,一个好的演讲,会在今后的岁月甚至对以后几代人中产生不可以估量的作用。 这是值得告诉每一个你所认识的20多岁的人的事。就像我学会告诉亚历克斯一样简单。也是我现在每天都会对像艾玛一样的20多岁的人说的话:30岁不是一个新的20岁,所以认清你的成年期,获得一些身份资本,利用你的不那么直接的关系,选择你的家人。不要被你不知道的或是没有做过的事所限制。生活的决定权在你。

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