Dangerous times call for dangerous women | Pat Mitchell

翻译人员: Yanyan Hong 校对人员: Yolanda Zhang

Recently,

最近，

I've been declaring to anyone who would listen

我向每一个愿意听我说话的人宣称，

that I am a dangerous woman.

我是个 “危险” 的女人。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Now, declaring that boldly like this

像这样大胆地宣称，

still feels a bit dangerous,

我还是会感到有点儿忐忑，

but it also feels right.

但是我觉得这是正确的。

At this time in my life,

在此时此刻，

about to be 77,

我的人生即将步入 77 岁之际，

I have --

我——

（掌声）

(Applause)

我喜欢因为年龄而得到掌声——

I love when you're applauded for your age --

(Laughter)

（笑声）

不过我乐意收下。

but I'll take it.

(Applause)

（掌声）

About to be 77, I realize that I have nothing left to prove,

快要 77 岁了，让我意识到 我已经不用再证明什么，

less to lose,

更没有什么可以失去，

and I'm more impatient about everything.

而且对一切也更没有耐心了。

The true, slow pace towards equality,

迈向平等的速度真是缓慢，

the rise in sexism, racism,

出现了性别主义、种族主义，

violence against women and girls ...

对妇女及女孩们的暴力……

And I'm angry, too,

我也很生气，

at the climate deniers who are stealing the future

对于那些否认气候变化的人，

from our children and grandchildren.

他们偷走了我们子孙的未来。

Friends, we are living in dangerous times.

朋友们，我们正生活在一个危险的时代，

And such times call for all of us to be more dangerous.

这样的时代召唤 我们成为更“危险”的人。

Now, what do I mean by this?

我这样说是什么意思呢？

I don't mean being feared.

我不是指要变得令人恐惧，

It's not that kind of dangerous.

我不是指那种危险，

But I do mean being more fearless.

我是指要更加无所畏惧。

I mean speaking the truth

我指的是，当保持沉默更安全的时候，

when silence is a lot safer.

却还是敢说真话。

I mean speaking up in rooms for those who aren't present,

我指的是为那些不在现场的人发声，

especially those rooms where decisions are made

特别是在那些会 对我们的生活和人身

about our lives and our bodies.

做出重要决定的会议室中。

We need to be in those rooms,

我们需要出现在这些地方，

showing up for one another,

为彼此现身，

challenging the cultural construct

去挑战那些文化传统，

that encourages us, especially women and girls,

特别是那些鼓励我们， 尤其是女人和女孩子们

to compete, compare,

彼此间竞争、攀比、

criticize.

批判的文化传统。

We have to end this.

我们必须终结这种事。

And speaking out

此外，还要大声疾呼，

against the policies and the politics

反对那些会分化我们，

that divide us and diminish our collective power

并削弱我们全球妇女团体

as a global community of women,

与男性支持者和盟友们

and the men and the allies

集体力量的

who stand with us.

政策与政治。

Becoming dangerous also means embracing whatever risks are necessary

变得更加“危险”还意味着 接受任何可能的风险，

to create a world where women and girls are safe

去创造一个无论在家 还是在工作场所中，

in their homes and at work,

女人和女孩都能感到安全的世界，

where all voices are represented

在这里她们都可以为自己发声，

and respected,

且都会受到尊重，

all votes counted,

所有的选票都算数，

the planet protected.

地球也能受到保护。

And this is all possible.

这一切皆有可能。

Because we're ready for this.

因为我们已经准备好了，

We're better prepared than any generation ever before us,

我们比之前任何一代人 都准备得更充分，

better resourced, better connected.

拥有更好的资源，彼此更好的连结。

In many parts of the world, we're living longer than ever.

在世界许多地方， 我们的寿命比以往更长。

Women over 65 are among the fastest-growing populations on earth,

65 岁以上女性是 全球增长最快的人口。

with the potential for becoming the most powerful, too.

同时，也有潜力成为 最有力量的一个群体。

Now --

现在——

(Applause)

（掌声）

What a change this represents.

这代表了多大的改变啊！

Postmenopausal women like me, not that long ago,

已经过了更年期的女性， 比如我，在不久前的过去

were considered useless

还被认为是无用之人，

or crazy.

或者是疯子。

We were valued for caregiving and grandmothering --

过去我们的价值只在于 照顾他人及扮演祖母的角色——

and I really love that part.

虽然我也很喜欢这部分。

But we were pushed aside

但是我们被边缘化了，

and expected to retire to our rocking chairs.

人们觉得我们退休回家躺摇椅就好了。

Women on the dangerous side of 60

徘徊在 60 岁危险边缘的女人，

are not retiring.

并不是要等着退休，

We are rewiring --

而是要重装上阵——

(Applause)

（掌声）

taking all that we know and have done -- and that is a lot --

用我们懂得的，做过的一切—— 那可是多年积累的大量经验——

to redefine what age looks like,

来重新定义这个年龄的风采，

can do, can accomplish.

重新定义这个年龄 能做什么，能实现什么。

But becoming dangerous isn't about becoming a certain age,

不过，并不用等到特定的年龄 才能变得“危险”。

because at each end of the age spectrum,

因为在每一个年龄段

brave women and girls are stepping up,

都有勇敢的女人和女孩们站出来，

taking the risk to create change.

冒险去创造改变。

I became a risk-taker early in my life's journey.

我在人生早年就已经 成为了一个冒险者，

I had to,

我必须那么做，

or have my life defined by the limitations

否则我的人生就 只能被各种限制所定义——

for a girl growing up in the rural South,

从小在南部的乡村长大，

with no money, no connections,

没有钱，没有关系网，

no influence.

没有影响力。

But what wasn't limited

但没有受限的是我的好奇心，

was my curiosity about the world beyond my small town,

好奇小镇外面的世界，

beyond the small minds of a still-segregated South,

那个南方仍有种族隔离 思想的小镇外的世界。

a world that I glimpsed in the newsreels

那个我在小镇唯一的电影院中

at the one movie theater in town,

所播放的影片里看到的世界。

and a world that got a lot closer to me

当我遇到八年级英文老师 雪莉·伦特里（Shirley Rountree），

when I met Miss Shirley Rountree, my eighth-grade English teacher.

这个世界离我更近了。

From the minute she walked into the classroom,

她走进教室的那一刻，

her high heels clicking,

她的高跟鞋蹬蹬作响，

she was a woman in charge,

她是掌权的女性，

with perfect hair, signature red lips,

有着完美的头发，招牌的红唇，

colorfully coordinated, head to toe.

从头到脚的颜色都是那么协调。

I wanted to be her.

我想要成为她。

Gratefully, she became my first mentor and helped me become me.

我很庆幸她成为了我第一位导师， 帮助我塑造了我自己。

With her support, I got a scholarship to college --

在她的支持下， 我获得了大学的奖学金——

the first in my family --

我们家第一个获此殊荣的人——

and landed at a big state university,

并进入了一个大型州立大学，

right in the middle of two great social justice movements:

当时正值两次伟大的 社会正义运动如火如荼的时期：

civil rights for African Americans

非裔美国人民权运动

and equal rights for women.

和妇女平权运动。

I joined both with enthusiasm,

我充满激情参与了两次运动，

only to discover that my newfound activism

却发现我新找到的行为主义，

and my fermenting feminism

和正在酝酿的女权主义，

would often be in direct conflict with my deeply embedded need to please

通常会和我内心深处想要 取悦他人、受人欢迎的需求

and be popular.

产生直接的冲突。

In my first job as a college teacher, I broke the rules,

而我的第一份工作是 大学老师，我打破常规，

and I encouraged students to join me in the protest marches.

鼓励学生和我一起参加示威游行。

And when I found out that my male colleague

而当我发现我的男性同事

with the same experience and education

拥有和我一样的资质和教育背景，

was being paid more than me,

但是薪水却比我高，

I mounted a personal protest.

我个人提出了抗议。

When my raise was denied,

当我的诉求遭到否决，

with the excuse that he had a family to support,

理由是他需要养家，

可我作为一个单身母亲也需要养家。

so did I as a single mom.

But I dropped my protest to keep my job.

但是我为了保住工作放弃了抗议。

Today, millions of women are making this compromise,

今天，数百万的女性也在做这类妥协，

staying in their jobs without equal pay

继续做着

同工不同酬的工作。

for equal work.

And as one of the first women on television in the '70s,

作为 70 年代首批 出现在电视上的女性之一，

I was warned that focusing on women's stories

我被警告说，如果只专注女性的事迹，

would limit my career opportunities,

我的职业发展机会可能会受限，

and maybe it did.

也许事实的确如此。

But I got to produce and host breakthrough programming for women,

但是我要制作和主持 突破性的女性节目，

while at the same time,

同时，

remaining silent

还要对性骚扰问题

about sexual harassment

保持沉默，

and listening to consultants who were hired to advise me

并且听从那些

造型顾问的建议，

about my appearance.

"Become a blonde."

“染成金发。”

I did.

我染了。

"Lower your voice."

“说话小声点。”

I tried.

我试了。

"Lower your necklines."

“把领口开低一点。”

I didn't.

我没有做。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But I did wear those ugly anchor suits

但是我的确穿了那些难看的主播装，

with those scarves that look something like men's ties.

系着一些看上去像男士领带的围巾。

And later, in the power positions in media,

之后，在媒体的权力层，

often as the first or only woman,

通常我也是第一位或唯一的女性，

aware of being judged through that gender lens,

意识到别人会透过 性别有色眼镜来评判我，

I struggled from time to time

我经常感到挣扎，

to find the right balance between being a leader for women

努力地想在成为女性的领导者，

and not being entirely defined as a woman leader.

但却不被完全定义成 女性领袖之间寻找平衡。

But today, I'm proud to be known as a woman leader.

但今天，我很骄傲自己作为 一名女性领袖而为人知晓。

(Applause)

（掌声）

As an activist, advocate, feminist

作为一名活动家， 倡导者，女性主义者，

and as a newly declared dangerous woman,

以及新宣称的“危险女人”，

I'm caring less what others say

我越来越不在乎别人怎么说，

and saying more clearly what I think and feel.

但我会把自己的想法和感受 表达得越来越清楚。

And let me be clear:

解释一下：

I acknowledge my privilege in being able to do that,

我承认我有特权允许我这么做，

to speak my truth.

去说真话。

And to stand here today

而今天我有机会

with this opportunity

站在这里，

to talk to you about women and power --

与大家谈论女性和权力——

note I did not say "empowered."

请注意，我没有说“被赋权”，

I don't think we're waiting to be empowered.

我认为我们不需要等着被赋予权力，

I think we have power.

我认为我们本身就有权力。

(Applause)

（掌声）

What we need are more opportunities to claim it, to use it,

我们需要更多的机会， 来主张它、使用它，

to share it.

分享它。

And yes, I know --

是的，我知道——

there are women with power who don't use it well or wisely

有一些女性拥有权力却没有 很好地、明智地去使用它，

and who don't share it.

也不乐于分享权力。

I've heard, as I'm sure you have,

我听说，我相信你们也听过

those stories that begin with,

这样开头的故事：

"The worst boss I ever had was a woman ... "

“我遇到过最糟糕的 老板是一个女的……”

And we could all name women leaders who have not made us proud.

我们都能列举出一些无法 让我们引以为豪的女领导人。

But we can change all of that

但是我们可以改变这一切，

with a simple but brilliant idea

需要的只是一个简单且聪明的点子，

that I first heard from a risk-taking, dangerous congresswoman from New York

这个点子我最初是从一位爱冒险的、 “危险”的纽约州国会女议员那儿听来的，

named Bella Abzug.

她叫贝拉 · 亚比茨格 （Bella Abzug）。

Bella said, "In the 21st century,

贝拉说：“在二十一世纪，

women will change the nature of power

女性会改变权力的本质，

rather than power changing the nature of women."

而不是由权力来改变女性的本质。”

From the moment I heard that --

从我听到这句话的那刻起——

(Applause)

（掌声）

I thought, "This is our call to action.

我就想：“这是召唤我们去行动。

This is our biggest opportunity."

这是我们最大的机会。”

And as a journalist and an activist,

作为新闻记者和社会活动家，

I've seen this idea in action,

我曾看到这个想法被付诸于行动，

documenting the stories of women on both sides in long-term conflicts,

记录了长期冲突双方中的女性

coming together and defying the official power

如何联手反抗官方权威，

to form alliances and find their own ways to ending violence in their communities.

通过结盟，并且用自己的方式 来结束她们社区内的暴力。

And as an activist, I've traveled to places

作为一名社会活动家， 我去过很多地方。

where it's dangerous to be born a woman,

其中，有生为女性就很危险的地方，

like eastern Congo,

比如东刚果，

where a war is being waged on the bodies of women.

那里进行的是一场 针对女性身体的战争。

There, at a healing and leadership center called City of Joy,

有一个叫“喜悦之城”的 疗愈和领导力培养中心，

brave Congolese women are transforming pain into power

在那里，勇敢的刚果女性 化伤痛为力量，

by training survivors of sexual assault

她们培训在性侵中幸存的女性，

to return to their villages as leaders.

帮她们回到自己村庄， 并成为领导者。

And at recent climate summits,

在最近的气候峰会上，

I've observed women climate leaders working behinds the scenes,

我发现了在幕后工作的 女性气候领袖们，

out of the public spotlight,

她们在媒体聚光灯之外，

making sure that the negotiations toward global climate agreement

确保关于全球气候协定的谈判

continue to move forward.

得以继续推进。

So as we move forward in our lives and work

所以，当我们在生活和工作中前进时，

and we have more power and influence,

当我们有更多的力量和影响力时，

let's change the nature of power

让我们来改变权力的本质，

by dismantling some of the barriers that remain for those who follow

为追随者扫除障碍，

by advocating and agitating

倡导和鼓励

for fairer and truer and more equal representation

在每个房间和每张会议桌上都有

in every room and at every table.

更加公平、真实、平等的代表权。

Now, be warned:

不过，请注意：

if you advocate for a woman

当你支持一位女性

for an open position or promotion,

得到某个职位或晋升，

you could be challenged with,

如果这是一位有色人种女性，

"You're playing the women's card"

你可能会遇到的挑战是：

or "the race card"

“你在打女性牌”，

if advocating for a woman of color.

或是“种族牌”。

I've had this experience, as I'm sure you have.

我曾经有过这种经历， 我相信你们也有过。

"Are you running an affirmative action program here at PBS?"

“你是要在公共广播电视公司（PBS） 这里执行平权行动计划吗?

asked one of my board members when, as a new president,

董事会的一位成员曾经这样问我， 当时，我是新任总裁，

I announced my first hires as five qualified women.

而我宣布最先雇佣的人是 5 名符合资格的女性。

Now, my affirmative action had been

其实，我的平权行动计划

to ask that the search firm bring me a candidate list

是要求猎头公司提供的候选人名单中

that included the names of women and people of color

包含女性和有色族裔，

who just happened to be, in my judgment,

而根据我的标准， 她们刚好也是

the best candidates for the position as well.

那些职位的最佳候选人。

I say, dangerous women

我想说，“危险”的女性们，

and our allies:

和我们的盟友们，

it's time to play the women's card,

是时候打女性牌，

play the race card,

打种族牌，

play all our cards.

打我们所有的牌了。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Not to win the power game,

这样做不是为了赢得权力的游戏，

but to lead to better outcomes

而是为了让每一个人的努力

for everyone.

得到更好的回报。

And it's time, too,

同时，也是时候

to discard that scarcity theory,

抛弃稀缺理论了，

the one that says,

这个理论认为，

there's only room for one of us at the top,

我们当中只有一个人 能站在权力顶峰，

so protect your turf,

所以看好自己的地盘，

don't make friends or allies.

不要结交朋友或结盟。

Changing the nature of power

改变权力的本质，

transforms "protect your turf" into "share your turf,"

把“保护你的领地”转变成为 “分享你的领地”，

it encourages coalitions,

这么做能鼓励结盟，

it builds alliances,

建构联盟，

it strengthens and sustains friendships.

加强和巩固友谊。

My women friends are my source of renewable energy.

对我来说，我的可再生能源 是我的女性朋友们——

(Applause)

（掌声）

So are my mentors, my champions,

还有我的导师，我的捍卫者，

my supporters, my sponsors,

我的支持者，我的赞助者，

and all of the ways that we can and do show up for each other.

以及我们能为彼此站出来 力挺对方的所有方式。

We can become our sources of renewable power

我们可以成为彼此的

for each other.

可再生能源。

And along the way,

在这一路上，

we need to take better care of ourselves,

我们需要更好地照顾自己，

and here, I am not the best role model.

而在这一点上， 我并不是最好的榜样。

I don't meditate.

我不做冥想。

I don't exercise regularly.

我不经常做运动。

But I do live aerobically.

不过，我过的却是有氧生活。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Because I believe we can't be dangerous

因为我相信袖手旁观， 无动于衷无法让我们

from the sidelines,

变得“危险”，

and there's just too much to be done.

而且我们有太多事情要去完成。

So let's use all our power.

所以让我们动员全部力量，

How about the power of money?

金钱的力量怎么样？

Let's allocate more of our philanthropic dollars,

让我们分享更多的善款，

our campaign donations,

我们的活动宣传捐赠，

our investment funds,

我们的投资基金，

to increase economic and political equity.

来增加经济和政治上的平等，

And let's leverage the power of media and technology

让我们发挥手中

that we have in our hands, quite literally,

媒体和科技的力量

to elevate each other's stories and ideas;

来支持和提升彼此的故事和想法；

to practice civility;

待人以礼，

to seek the truth,

寻找消失的，

which is diminishing

威胁到

and is threatening free and open societies.

自由且开放的社会的真相。

Yes, we have all that we need to move our communities forward.

是的，我们已拥有所有 让社会进步的资本。

And the best thing we have,

我们拥有的最好的东西，

and what we must remember,

同时也是我们必须铭记的，

is to be there for each other.

就是为彼此提供支持。

We will move forward together,

我们要一起向前，

willing now to take more risk,

勇于承担风险，

to be more fearless,

变得更加无所畏惧，

to speak up, speak out

站在彼此的身边，

and show up

为彼此的权益

for one another.

去发声，去呐喊。

George Bernard Shaw once wrote

萧伯纳曾写过，

that he believed in his opinion that his life belonged to the community,

他相信生命属于共同体，

that the harder he worked, the more he lived

越努力就越有活着的感觉，

and that he wanted to be thoroughly used up when he died.

他想要鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已。

He went on to write,

他接着写到，

"Life is no brief candle to me

“生命于我而言并非蜡烛般短暂，

but a splendid torch

而是灿烂的火炬，

that I have got hold of for a moment

我有幸在传给下一代之前

before passing to future generations."

将它握在手里。”

I, too, do not view my life as a brief candle,

我同样不视生命为短暂的蜡烛，

although I am burning it at both ends.

尽管我两头都在燃烧。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And I do want it, and me,

我希望我的生命和我，

to be thoroughly used up when I die.

都能鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已。

But at this point in my life's journey,

但在我人生旅途的这个阶段，

I am not passing my torch.

我还未传递我的火炬，

I am holding it higher than ever,

而是把它举得比以往都高，

boldly, brilliantly,

大胆地、璀璨地，

inviting you to join me in its dangerous light.

邀请大家与我一同加入 这 “危险” 之光。

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）