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EveEnsler_2019W-_真诚的道歉所蕴含的深刻力量_-
For the past few years, we've been calling men out. 在过去几年, 我们不断在揭发男人们的恶行。
It had to be done. 我们必须做这件事。
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But lately, I've been thinking we need to do something even harder. 但最近,我一直在思考 我们需要做一项更艰巨的事情。
We need, as my good friend Tony Porter says, to find a way to call men in. 就像我朋友托尼·波特说的那样, 我们需要 找到一个方法, 让男性参与到这项事业。
Porter:n.门房;服务员;行李搬运工;守门人;
My father began to sexually abuse me when I was five years old. 我父亲在我 5 岁的时候, 开始对我进行性虐待。
sexually:adv.性,性欲 abuse:n.滥用;虐待;辱骂;弊端;恶习,陋习;v.滥用;虐待;辱骂;
He would come into my room in the middle of the night. 他会在半夜进到我的房间,
He appeared to be in a trance . 看起来神情恍惚。
trance:n.恍惚;出神;着迷,入迷;v.使恍惚;使发呆;
The abuse continued until I was 10. 虐待持续到了我 10 岁的时候。
When I tried to resist him, when I was finally able to say no, he began to beat me. 当我尝试拒绝他, 当我终于能够说“不”, 他开始殴打我。
resist:v.抵制;阻挡;反抗;回击;抵抗;忍住;n.防染剂;防蚀用涂料;防腐剂; finally:adv.终于;最终;(用于列举)最后;彻底地;
He called me stupid. 他辱骂我愚蠢,
He said I was a liar . 称我是个撒谎者。
liar:n.说谎的人;
The sexual abuse ended when I was 10, but actually, it never ended. 父亲对我的性虐待 在我 10 岁的时候停止了, 但实际上,它从未停止。
It changed who I was. 它改变了我。
I was filled with anxiety and guilt and shame all the time, and I didn't know why. 我曾总是满怀焦虑、 愧疚和羞耻的情绪, 我也不知道为什么。
anxiety:n.焦虑;渴望;挂念;令人焦虑的事;
I hated my body, I hated myself, 我讨厌自己的身体, 我讨厌我自己,
I got sick a lot, 我病得很重,
I couldn't think, 无法思考,
I couldn't remember things. 记性也很差。
I was drawn to dangerous men and women who I allowed -- actually, I invited -- to treat me badly, because that is what my father taught me love was. 我被危险的男女所吸引, 我自愿的——实际上, 我很乐意——被糟糕地对待, 因为这是我父亲教我的, 对爱的理解。
treat:v.治疗;处理;招待;款待;n.款待;乐事;乐趣;
I waited my whole life for my father to apologize to me. 我等待了一生, 等着我父亲向我道歉。
He didn't. 他没有,
He wouldn't. 也不会这样做。
And then, with the recent scandals of famous men, as one after another was exposed , 最近一些男性公众人物的丑闻 一个个被揭露,
scandals:n.丑闻; v.(英)诋毁; one after another:adv.接连地;一个接一个地; exposed:adj.无遮蔽的; v.暴露; (expose的过去分词和过去式)
I realized something: 我意识到一件事:
I have never heard a man who has committed rape or physical violence ever publicly apologize to his victim . 我从未听到过 一个犯下强暴 或肢体暴力罪名的男性 曾向其受害者公开道歉。
committed:adj.坚信的; v.做出错事; (commit的过去分词和过去式) rape:n.强奸罪;强奸案;v.强奸;强暴; physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查; violence:n.暴力;侵犯;激烈;歪曲; victim:n.受害人;牺牲品;牺牲者;
I began to wonder, what would an authentic , deep apology be like? 我开始思考, 一个真诚的道歉会是怎样的？
authentic:adj.真正的,真实的;可信的;
So, something strange began to happen. 所以有些奇怪的事情开始发生。
I began to write, and my father's voice began to come through me. 我开始写作, 之后我父亲的声音开始重现。
He began to tell me what he had done and why. 他开始告诉我 他之前到底做了什么错事, 以及为什么他会这么做。
He began to apologize. 他开始道歉。
My father is dead almost 31 years, and yet, in this apology, the one I had to write for him, 我父亲已经去世了将近 31 年, 但是, 在这封我替他写的道歉信中,
I discovered the power of an apology and how it actually might be the way to move forward in the crisis we now face with men and all the women they abuse. 我发现了道歉的力量, 这实际上可能是一种 能让所有施暴男性和受暴女性 度过眼前危难的方法。
crisis:n.危机;危险期;决定性时刻;adj.危机的;用于处理危机的;
Apology is a sacred commitment . 道歉是一种至高无上的承诺。
commitment:n.承诺;投入;保证;许诺;
It requires complete honesty. 它要求绝对的诚实。
It demands deep self-interrogation and time. 它需要深层的自我拷问和时间。
It cannot be rushed. 不能着急。
I discovered an apology has four steps, and, if you would, I'd like to take you through them. 我发现,道歉通常有 4 个步骤, 如果你要道歉, 我很乐意和你们分享这 4 个步骤。
The first is you have to say what, in detail, you did. 第一,你必须要 详细陈述你做了什么。
Your accounting cannot be vague . 你的描述不能模棱两可。
vague:adj.模糊的;含糊的;不明确的;暧昧的;
'"I'm sorry if I hurt you" “如果我伤到你了,对不起。”
or "I'm sorry if I sexually abused you" 或“如果我性虐待你了,对不起。”
abused:v.滥用(以致危害健康); (abuse的过去分词和过去式)
doesn't cut it. 这样的话并没有任何帮助。
You have to say what actually happened. 你必须要说清真正发生了什么。
'"I came into the room in the middle of the night, and I pulled your underpants down." “我在半夜跑到你的房间, 脱下你的内裤。”
underpants:n.内衣裤;衬裤;
'"I belittled you because I was jealous of you and I wanted you to feel less." “我贬低了你,因为我嫉妒你, 我想要让你感到自己一文不值。”
belittled:v.贬低;小看(belittle的过去分词和过去式) jealous:adj.妒忌的;猜疑的;唯恐失去的;戒备的;
The liberation is in the details. 解脱在于细节。
liberation:n.释放,解放;
An apology is a remembering. 道歉是一场追忆。
It connects the past with the present. 它联系着过去和现在。
It says that what occurred actually did occur. 它诉说着过去真实发生的事情。
occurred:v.发生;出现;存在于;出现在;(occur的过去分词和过去式)
The second step is you have to ask yourself why. 第二步,你需要询问自己为什么。
Survivors are haunted by the why. 幸存者始终会被“为什么”所烦扰。
Why? Why would my father want to sexually abuse his eldest daughter? 为什么？为什么我的父亲 想要性虐待自己的大女儿？
eldest:adj.最年长的;年事最高的(old的最高级);n.最年长者;
Why would he take my head and smash it against a wall? 为什么他会抓着我的头 并用力往墙上撞？
smash:v.粉碎; n.破碎; adj.了不起的;
In my father's case, he was a child born long after the other children. 以我父亲为例, 他比其他兄弟姐妹小很多。
He was an accident that became "the miracle ." 他的出生是一个“奇迹般的”意外。
miracle:n.奇迹,奇迹般的人或物;惊人的事例;
He was adored and treated as the golden boy. 他一直都是个被家人 爱慕宠溺着的男孩。
treated:v.以…态度对待;把…看作;(treat的过去分词和过去式)
But adoration , it turns out, is not love. 但是“爱慕”,实际上与“爱”不同。
adoration:n.崇拜;爱慕;
Adoration is a projection of someone's need for you to be perfect onto you. 爱慕是一种 其他人将所有期望寄托于你, 想要你变得完美的情感。
projection:n.投射;规划;突出;发射;推测;
My father had to live up to this impossible ideal, and so he was never allowed to be himself. 我的父亲必须承担起这些 难以实现的期望, 所以他从来不被允许做自己。
live up to:不辜负;做到;实践;
He was never allowed to express tenderness or vulnerability , curiosity , doubt. 他从来不被允许表达自己的温柔 或是脆弱、好奇和疑问。
express:v.表达; adj.特快的; n.特快列车; v.使用快速服务; tenderness:n.亲切;柔软;柔和;敏感;棘手; vulnerability:n.易损性;弱点; curiosity:n.好奇,好奇心;珍品,古董,古玩;
He was never allowed to cry. 他从来不被允许流泪。
And so he was forced to push all those feelings underground, and they eventually metastasized . 因此他被迫将所有的 这些感情和情绪隐藏起来, 以至于最终它们都被转移了。
eventually:adv.最后,终于; metastasized:v.(癌)转移;扩散;(metastasize的过去分词和过去式)
Those suppressed feelings later became Shadowman, and he was out of control, and he eventually unleashed his torrent on me. 这些压抑的情绪后来 变成了他内心深处的人影, 使他失控了, 最后他把那些激动情绪 都发泄在了我的身上。
suppressed:adj.抑制的,发育不全的;v.镇压,禁止;(suppress的过去时和过去分词) unleashed:v.发泄;突然释放;使爆发(unleash的过去分词和过去式) torrent:n.奔流;倾注;迸发;连续不断;
The third step is you have to open your heart and feel what your victim felt as you were abusing her. 第三步,就是你需要敞开心扉, 对你的受害者在你虐待她时 所承受的痛苦感同身受。
abusing:v.滥用(以致危害健康);妄用;虐待;伤害;(abuse的现在分词)
You have to let your heart break. 你必须让自己感到撕心裂肺。
You have to feel the horror and betrayal and the long-term impacts of your abuse on your victim. 你必须让自己感到恐惧、背叛, 以及你的虐待行为 对受害者造成的长期影响。
horror:n.恐惧;厌恶;震惊;对某事物的强烈畏惧(或憎恨); betrayal:n.背叛;辜负;暴露; long-term:adj.长期的;从长远来看; impacts:n.影响; v.有影响,有作用;
You have to sit with the suffering you have caused. 你必须与自己招致的煎熬共处。
And, of course, the fourth step is taking responsibility for what you have done and making amends . 当然,第四步, 就是承担你过去行为的责任, 并改正。
amends:v.修正;修订(法律文件、声明等);(amend的第三人称单数)
So, why would anyone want to go through such a grueling and humbling process ? 为什么有人会想经历这样一个 磨人且屈辱的过程？
grueling:adj.累人的;紧张的;使极度疲劳的; humbling:adj.令人羞辱的;v.羞辱(humble的ing形式);使…谦恭;使…卑贱; process:v.处理;加工;列队行进;n.过程,进行;方法,adj.经过特殊加工(或处理)的;
Why would you want to rip yourself open? 为什么你想要揭开自己的旧痂？
rip:v.撕破;突然拉开;割开;n.撕开的大口子;巨澜;清管器;废马;
Because it is the only thing that will set yourself free. 因为这是唯一 一个你能解放自己的方法。
It is the only thing that will set your victim free. 这是唯一一个 你能解放你的受害者的方法。
You didn't just destroy your victim. 你不仅只是摧毁了你的受害者,
You destroyed yourself. 你也摧毁了自己。
There is no one who enacts violence on another person who doesn't suffer from the effects themselves. 没有人能对自己施于他人的 暴力行为的影响无动于衷, 他们因自己的行为饱受折磨。
enacts:vt.颁布;制定法律;扮演;
It creates an incredibly dark and contaminating spirit, and it spreads throughout your entire life. 这能在你的整个余生中, 创造出一个令人难以置信的 黑暗且被玷污的灵魂。
incredibly:adv.难以置信地;非常地; contaminating:v.污染;弄脏;玷污,毒害,腐蚀(人的思想或品德);(contaminate的现在分词) throughout:adv.自始至终,到处;全部;prep.贯穿,遍及;
The apology I wrote -- I learned something about a different lens we have to look through to understand the problem of men's violence that I and one billion other women have survived. 我写下的道歉—— 我从中学会了一件事: 我们需要从不同角度 来了解男性的暴力问题, 这个曾一直困扰 我与其他十亿女性的问题。
lens:n.透镜,镜头;晶状体;隐形眼镜;汽车的灯玻璃;v.给…摄影; look through:浏览,温习;看穿,识破;从…中显露;
We often turn to punishment first. 我们总是首先寻求惩罚。
punishment:n.惩罚;严厉对待,虐待;
It's our first instinct , but actually, although punishment sometimes is effective , on its own, it is not enough. 这是我们的本能直觉, 但实际上,尽管有时 惩罚本身是有效的, 但仅靠它,还远远不够。
instinct:n.本能;天性;直觉;adj.充满的; effective:adj.有效的,起作用的;实际的,实在的;给人深刻印象;
My father punished me. 我的父亲惩罚了我。
I was shut down, and I was broken. 我变得渺小无力, 我变得支离破碎。
I think punishment hardens us, but it doesn't teach us. 我认为惩罚只会让我们 变得更加强硬,而非反思教育。
hardens:vi.变硬,变坚固; vt.使…变硬;
Humiliation is not revelation . 羞辱某人并没有任何启发性作用。
Humiliation:n.丢脸,耻辱;蒙羞;谦卑; revelation:n.披露; adj.暴露的;
We actually need to create a process that may involve punishment, whereby we open a doorway where men can actually become something and someone else. 我们实际上需要建立一个 可能包含但不仅局限于惩罚的流程。 我们可以为那些施暴者 打开一扇门, 给他们一个机会去改过自新。
involve:v.包含;需要;牵涉;牵连;影响;(使)参加; whereby:adv.凭借;通过…;借以;与…一致; doorway:n.门口;途径;
For so many years, I hated my father. 那么多年来,我一直痛恨我的父亲。
I wanted him dead. I wanted him in prison. 我想他死,我想要他进监狱。
But actually, that rage kept me connected to my father's story. 但其实这一愤怒情绪 一直让我父亲的故事与我牵绊在一起。
rage:n.狂怒;暴怒;(某情况引起的)愤怒;v.发怒;怒斥;猛烈地继续;激烈进行;
What I really wanted wasn't just for my father to be stopped. 我真正想要的 不只是阻止我父亲的行为,
I wanted him to change. 而是他本身的改变。
I wanted him to apologize. 我希望他能道歉。
That's what we want. 这是我想要的。
We don't want men to be destroyed, we don't want them to only be punished. 我们不想要施暴者们被摧毁, 我们不想要施暴者们仅仅被惩罚。
We want them to see us, the victims that they have harmed, and we want them to repent and change. 我们想让他们正视我们, 我们这些他们曾经伤害的受害者们, 我们也想让他们感到悔恨, 并且做出改变。
repent:vi.后悔;忏悔;vt.后悔;对…感到后悔;adj.[植]匍匐生根的;[动]爬行的;
And I actually believe this is possible. 我相信这是可能的,
And I really believe it's our way forward. 我也相信这是我们前行的道路。
But we need men to join us. 但我们需要男人加入我们。
We need men now to be brave and be part of this transformation . 我们需要男人鼓起勇气, 成为这一转变的一部分。
transformation:n.转变;(用于南非)民主改革;
I have spent most of my life calling men out, and I am here now, right now, to call you in. 我用了大半生致力于 唤醒男人们的良知。 今天,我站在这里, 就在此时此刻, 我想邀请你们加入。
Thank you. 谢谢。
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Thank you. 谢谢。
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Thank you, thank you. 谢谢,谢谢。
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