Women are Demanding Equality With Men(婦女要求男女平等)
Women are Demanding Equality With Men
Where was a time when, if a lady got into a crowded bus or train, a gentleman would immediately stand up and bring to offer his seat. But now, things are different. Today a gentleman will probably look out of the window,or if he feels a bit shy, hide behind his newspaper. Either way,the lady will have to stand until someone else gets off.
You can't entirely blame men for this change in manners, though. Gone are the days when women could be referred to as the weaker ones without causing trouble. A whole generation of women has grown up demanding equality with men, not just equality in jobs or education, but in social life. Hold a door open for some women and you are likely to get an angry lecture on treating women as weaker ones unable to open doors for themselves. Take a girl out for a meal and she'll probably insist on paying her share of the bill. On second thought, that is perhaps not a bad idea.
It's no wonder, then that men have given up some ways of politeness and consideration which they used to show towards women. On the other hand, the man's active politeness is perhaps slowly being replaced by true consideration for the needs and feelings of women, so that men can see women as equal human beings, rather than as weaker ones or something that can be used to please men.
Maybe it is worth women's while to stand in the bus or train.
婦女要求男女平等
曾經有一個時期，如果女士上了擁擠的公共汽車或火車，紳士們就會立即起身讓座。但現在情況完全不同了。現在，男士們可能會看著窗外，或者，如果他感到有點不好
意思，就會藏在報紙后面。這兩種情況不管是哪種，女士們只能站著等到有人下車。
但是這種禮貌行為的變化不能完全歸咎于男士。女士們被當作弱者而不會引起麻煩的日子一去不復返了。新一代的女性成長起來，不僅在工作或教育上，而且在社會生活
中都要求男女平等。如果你為某些女士開門，就可能得到怒氣沖天的說教，覺得你把女士當成連門都不能自己開的弱者。帶一個女孩子外出吃飯，她可能會堅持付自己的那份賬單。仔細想想這也許不是什么壞事。
所以男士放棄了他們過去對女士的某些禮貌和體諒也就不足為奇了。另一方面，男士們主動的禮貌也許正在漸漸地被處于對女士需求和情感方面的真正考慮所取代，所
以男士可以把女士當成平等的人類，而不是弱者或是用來取悅男人的工具。
也許女士們在公共汽車或火車上站一會兒是值得的。