Feminism has long ignored this issue – and with good reason. With women pilloried, misrepresented, and under-represented in public life, why would we give that culture more ammunition? Why would we give that culture more excuses for claiming that women are their own worst enemies – and that is why they have failed to achieve equality?

女权主义者一直以来都选择忽视这类现象，这不无理由。在公众生活中，女性仍然受到束缚、被曲解、没有足够的话语权。所以女人为何还要承认最大的敌人就是自己——所以我们无法取得真正的平等呢？这种说法看上去只会给男权文化找到更多借口，赋予它更大力量。

This reaction is understandable, but ultimately futile. More than this, it is damaging. If feminism keeps ignoring this issue, then it accepts the sexist narrative about why it arises. What we need to do instead is to acknowledge the anger and understand it. Until we stop brushing this issue under our copies of The Female Eunuch, it will never be resolved. Feminism will continue to fail women who have been so traumatised by growing up in a society that devalues them and threatens them with violence, that they fight back in the only way that feels safe: against each other.

这种反应是可以理解的，但最终是无益的，甚至是破坏性的。如果女权主义始终忽视这个问题，就相当于接受性别主义者对问题根源的解释。我们所需要做的就是，承认愤怒的存在并理解它。如果我们总是用一本《女太监》(The Female Eunuch，70年代出版的一本女权主义经典书籍——译者注)来解释所有的问题，那么它们就永远得不到解决，女权主义将继续让女性失望。在一个贬低女性价值、女性不时受到暴力威胁的社会中成长，女性受害已经如此之深，以至于只有一种回击方式能让她们感到安全，那就是为难其他女人。

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