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Chapter I
性别平等

Gender equality

第一课

当代女性地位的转变与挑战
Changes and challenges to women’s status in contemporary society

当代女性地位的转变与挑战

随着时代的变迁，经济的飞速发展，以及互联网科技的普及，女性涉足的社会领域愈发广泛，她们的生活也变得更加丰富多彩。女性无论在提高家庭生活质量上，还是推动社会经济发展方面，都是不可或缺的力量。当代女性的社会地位、思想观念和生活方式等，都发生了改变。

一、女性社会角色的变化

当今，经济持续迅猛发展，民众物质生活水平日益改善，人们更加注重精神层面的满足。同时，女性的社会角色也发生了巨大的变化。近年来，广场舞的盛行，反映了“中国大妈”对丰富文化生活的精神寄托。而现在，广场舞不再是中老年女性的专利；为了缓解工作及家庭带来的压力，越来越多的年轻女性也加入到广场舞的行列。

新时代女性渐渐摆脱了传统观念当中压抑人性的条条框框。她们敢于追求想要的生活，充满自信、勇气，并且具备新型的挑战性和价值观念。很多女性在新闻、教育等领域毫不逊色于男性。她们关爱环境，了解政治，告别了单一的家庭生活方式，积极地参与社会事务。在现代社会中，扮演好社会角色是女性的重要使命。

二、女性家庭生活模式及婚姻生活观念的转变

一直以来，传统观念认为家庭是女人的最终归宿。女性应该承担照顾家人的饮食起居，看护和培养子女的责任。但是，社会发展的需求和女性实现自我价值的意愿，促使愈来愈多的女性走向工作岗位。在生活中她们更独立，眼界更开阔；在家庭决策中她们的意见也愈发有分量。现在，但凡涉及到家庭的重大事项，比如贷款买房、出门旅行、赡养父母等、通过夫妻共同决定，甚至由妻子说了算的家庭比例正逐渐上升。在家庭纷争中，女性遭受家庭暴力的事件也在减少。另外，随着女性的收入不断提高，她们对男性的依赖，特别是经济上的依赖程度大为下降。这表明，在家庭生活中，现代女性正在取得她们应有的地位和尊重。
在传统婚姻观念中，父母辈的思想比较保守，觉得女孩不用读很多书，最好的生活即是拥有一份稳定的工作；到了谈婚论嫁的年龄，就应该找个好人嫁了。而对男孩子来说，在学业和事业等方面，父母都寄予更高的期望，也就是所谓的“望子成龙”。但随着社会不断的发展和进步，人们的思想观念也随之与时俱进。新时代女性在婚姻生活中更加独立，她们越来越看重婚姻生活的质量，认为夫妻双方应共同承担家庭责任。另外，她们对待婚姻危机也更加理性，大多数女性会选择和平分手或协议离婚。这表明当代女性更加渴望幸福的婚姻。

三、现代女性生活现状

虽然新时期女性在思想观念和生活方式方面迈进了一大步，但束缚女性全面发挥价值的“包袱”仍然存在。首先,女性学历和收入等与男性相比仍然偏低；其次，她们为家务所累，承担了大部分照顾孩子的重任。此外，由于女性生理特点和社会观念的影响，她们面临着更大的生存压力。例如，就业难、升职难导致女性在全面发展过程中受到诸多因素的制约。因此，当代女性要具备健康、自信的心理素质，努力学习，不断加强自己的知识和修养，提高社交和工作能力，才能展现新时代女性的魅力。
由于“男尊女卑”的传统观念曾经长期禁锢人们的思想，要在短期内完全实现男女平等是不现实的；但通过社会各界的共同努力，不断增强妇女的权益和法律保障，女性不仅在社会发展中占有一席之地，还将发挥更大的作用。

一．生词表

	简体	繁体	拼音	词性	英文翻译
1	变迁	變遷	biànqiān	n	changes, vicissitudes
2	涉足		shèzú	v	to set foot in
3	领域	領域	lǐngyù	n	field, domain
4	丰富多彩	豐富多彩	fēngfùduōcǎi	phr	rich and colourful
5	不可或缺		bùkěhuòquē	phr	absolutely necessary, must have
6	迅猛		xùnměng	adj	swift and violent, rapid
7	日益		rìyì	adv	day by day, increasingly
8	层面	層面	céngmiàn	n	aspect, level
9	盛行		shèngxíng	v	to be in vogue, prevail
10	寄托		jìtuō	n/v	a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc.); to entrust (t...