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Chapter 31 talk about women

Zhang Ailing's Prose 张爱玲 5703Words 2018-03-18
Westerners call sinister and mean women "cats".I recently came across an English booklet that specifically swears at women. The content is not completely inhumane, but the idioms related to women are scattered everywhere, and it is not easy to collect them. It is not like the great achievements here.Part of the excerpt, after reading it, readers always have a few words to say, some are angry, some laugh, some feel happy, and some claim to be a fair man to make "peace of mind", or say "a little too radical", Or say: "That's right, it's only suitable for a small number of women, but in any case, if there is one, change it, if there is no one, encourage it" and so on.In short, I have never met anyone who has nothing to say on the subject.I am certainly no exception.Let's read the original text first and then discuss it.

The author, Anonymous, solemnly declares in advance in the preface: "The words here are not about you, dear reader-if you are a man, it is not about your wife, sister, daughter, grandmother or mother-in-law." He repeatedly He argued that his purpose of writing this book was not to take advantage of the woman's loss to vent his anger, but he later admitted that it was a bit of venting effect, because: "A man who has just had a quarrel with his wife can read this book before going to bed. Get comfort." He said: "A woman's material structure is too rational, and her spiritual aspect is a little worse. That's also expected, and you can't be demanding."

When a man is really moved, his love is much greater than that of a woman.But looking at it from another perspective, it is much longer for a woman to hate a man than for a man.The only difference between women and dogs is that dogs aren't spoiled like women, they don't wear jewelry, and—thank God! —they can't talk! In the end, every man's money is always spent on some woman.A man can flirt with the lowest barmaid without losing his status - and a high-class woman can't even blow a kiss to the postman!We infer from this: a man is no better than a woman, and it doesn't matter if he bends lower, because it is not difficult for him to straighten up again.Generally speaking, women's lives do not require as many kinds of stimulants as men's lives, so if a man does some deviant things in his spare time to adjust his fatigue, troubles, and unfulfilled ambitions, he should be forgiven.

For most women, "to love" means "to be loved". A man likes to love a woman, but sometimes he also likes her to love him.If you promise to do a woman a favor, she'll do anything for you: but if you've already done her a favor, she's not busy helping you.So you should promise to help different women all the time, then you can get a little reward, a little benefit - because there is only one kind of repayment for women: advance repayment.To a man, perhaps, the woman's dress is beautiful--but to another woman, it is "a shilling and threepence a yard" and therefore not beautiful.Time is money, so the more time a woman spends in front of the mirror, the more money she spends in the boutique.

If you don't flirt with a woman, she says you're not a man, and if you flirt with her, she says you're not a classy person. A man boasts of his victories--a woman of her evasion.But the reason why the enemy attacked was often all provoked by her. Women don't like kind men, but they regard themselves as a fast reformatory. Once married, they think that their husbands will immediately become saints. Only men have the right to propose marriage—as long as this system exists, marriage cannot be a fair transaction; women will always raise it and say that she "accepted his request" at the beginning, thus gaining an advantage in the quarrel.For this reason, women insist that men should propose marriage.Most women have to "do something wrong" to be happy.Marriage doesn't seem "wrong" enough.

Women tend to forget this: all their education has been to teach them to be strong-willed and resist external temptations--but they spend their lives provoking external temptations.Modern marriage is a kind of insurance, invented by women. If women could draw royalties after making up stories, all women would be rich. You suddenly ask a woman a question, and her first answer is about official history, and the second is about fiction. A woman often argues bitterly with her husband and must refute him, but she quotes his words to a third party as wise words.Poor husband... Women do not make friends with women as quickly as men do, and they have more to hide.

Women are lucky—surgeons can't dissect their consciences.When a woman judges a man based solely on how he treats her, the woman will say, "I don't believe that man is a murderer—he never murdered me!" Men do wrong things, but women go around planning how to do them wrong.Women don't think much of the future - and try to forget their past - so God knows what they have to think about! It's amazing how many "necessary" expenses a woman can save when she starts saving money! If a woman tells you a secret, don't tell it to another woman - someone else must have told her.

Whatever you're going to do for a woman, she takes it for granted.She doesn't thank you for anything you do for her.No matter what little thing you forget to do, she curses at you. . . . The family is not a charity. Most women never think before they speak.Men think about it - don't talk about it!If she never reads a book a second time because she "knows what's in it," such a woman will never make a good wife.If she only seeks novelty and completely disregards style and charm, then after a while, she will find out her husband's personality, his weaknesses and eccentricities, and she will think he is boring and will not love him anymore.

Your women build castles in the air - if they don't exist, it's all your fault!It is harder for a woman to say "I was wrong" than for a man to say a full set of quick words.You suspect your wife, she cheats on you.If you don't doubt your wife, she will doubt you. Most of the words about "what about women" are witticisms.A single picture is playful, but the correctness of the meaning must be discounted, because everyone has their own temper, how can we generalize it?But in comparison, women can be generalized, because the customs and occupational environments of people in the world are different, and most women always manage the house and look after children indoors. Since there is only one traditional life model, individual habits are different and limited.Therefore, it is more certain to say "what about women" in general than "what about men".

I remember that there was an informal debate in our school. Once the issue of men and women was involved, everyone forgot what the original topic was. They only focused on this point, chattering, laughing and cursing, and the atmosphere was extremely lively.A woman talked in the tone of the old and new party about how men are unfair and how they bully women-this soft, emotional animal uses her emotions to imprison her and force her to be a plaything. So the disadvantage is all because of unequal opportunities... In the debate between men and women, women always come in this way.At that time, I couldn't help but refute her. It wasn't because I especially liked doing slanted articles, but I was really tired of hearing all of them.In the 1930s, the "Linglong" magazine, which was handed out to every female student, taught movie stars the secrets of beauty and at the same time taught "beautiful" and "looking" women how to strictly guard against men's attacks, because men are "bad in heart". , it is dangerous to fall in love, but it is also dangerous to get married, because marriage is the grave of love... We are familiar with these words of women, and we have heard too many words of men. .

The two sides insist on their own opinions. On the surface, it seems that the public has axioms, and the women have the same principles.Women are indeed petty, delicate, hypocritical, quick-sighted, and obscene (although serious women hate sluts, in fact, if there is a chance to play the role of a seductress, there is no one who does not want to try it.) Smart women are These criticisms are not defended, but come back to the original point, blaming men.In ancient times, women succumbed to men's fists due to lack of physical strength, and were always dominated for thousands of years. Because they adapted to the environment, they developed the so-called way of concubines.Women's inferiority is caused by men alone, so what else can men complain about? The shortcomings of women are all caused by the environment, but why do women who have received higher education like men in modern times often disappoint people, are paranoid and awkward like her grandmother?Of course, the habit of thousands of years cannot be changed overnight, it only takes time... But blaming everything on the man is not a complete answer, it seems irresponsible. "Irresponsible" is also an adjective that men have long used to add to women.The author of the book said: A highly respected professor once told me a dozen reasons why I should not take women too seriously.This always bothers me because they always take themselves seriously and hate being treated like sweet, irresponsible little things.So what if, as the professor puts it, they shouldn't be taken too seriously, and they themselves don't want to be "sweet, irresponsible stuff"?They want to be taken seriously, but when they do something terribly wrong, they want you to say, "She's just an irresponsible little thing". The reason why women were conquered and became slaves in the patriarchal society was because their physical strength was inferior to that of men.But men's physical strength is not as good as that of wolves, tigers and leopards. Why are they not succumbed to animals in the process of natural selection?It can be seen that it is not enough to blame others. The famous novelist Eldest Haxley said in the book "Tit for Tat": "What kind of person you are, what kind of things you will encounter." In "Tit for Tat", there is a young wife Margaret, who is a lovely woman. Hit, born poor man.Her husband, who was a fairly docile husband, had to fail her in the end by having a relationship with a courtesan.Margaery finally became a sad person who screamed for heaven and earth.It is true that the progress of society is incredible, beyond the control of individuals, and those who bear the brunt do not know why.But going back to a certain stage, some active elements are inevitable.Like the current world situation, human beings have gradually evolved into a mechanized commercial civilization with fierce competition, resulting in a situation that must be fought. Although they are running around shouting "Don't fight, you can't fight", they are still dragged into it one by one in confusion.It is true that there is no way, but it cannot be said that human beings are not to blame.Some people say that men rule the world and their grades are bad, so it is better to give up the position to women, it will surely refresh your eyes and eyes.At first glance, this sounds like a rush to the doctor.If it is monarchy, Wu Zetian is a hero, and Tang Taizong is also a hero. If you meet a good emperor, regardless of gender, the world will be peaceful.The problem with monarchy is that a good emperor is too rare.In a democracy, most women have a lower level of self-government than men.Moreover, international disputes are a bit like old mothers arguing, and it is even more unimaginable to change to a real woman. Calling women to rule the country and bring peace to the world, although it's "you can't play tricks, invite a Bodhisattva", this absurd suggestion also has its scientific basis.Someone once predicted that if this world war destroys our civilization to the point where it cannot be restored to its original state, the new culture of the next period will fall on the black people, because the yellow and white people have made achievements in the past, and only the black people The innocence has not been revealed, and the energy has not been exhausted. I am afraid that it will be their turn to be the protagonists in the future era.Those who say this are not pretending to be astonishing.A high degree of civilization, a high degree of training and suppression is indeed enough to kill one's vitality.Women are often dismissed as barbaric, primitive.Human beings have tamed birds and beasts, but they cannot completely tame women.For thousands of years, women have always been kept out of education, so how could they know that they are not there to cultivate their vitality, Xu Tu made a big move? Feminist society has the same advantage - women have more common sense than men in choosing a mate. Although this is not a profound knowledge, it has a lot to do with the future of mankind.Men choose their wives and houses purely on the basis of their appearance.Appearance and physique are also indispensable in eugenics.When a woman chooses a husband, why don't she pay attention to her appearance, but it is not as biased as men. At the same time, she also pays attention to wisdom, health, conversation, self-sufficiency, strength, etc., and appearance is put in the second place.Some people say that the crux of today's society is that men don't know how to choose their wives, so that their children have no tutors, and their children and grandchildren are deteriorating.That is an exaggeration, but we have to admit that we cannot hope to produce a superhuman race unless all marriages are initiated by women. The term "Superman" was proposed by Nietzsche and is often quoted. Before Nietzsche, similar ideals can also be found in ancient fables.Strange as it is, our imaginary Superman is always a man.why?Probably because Superman's civilization is a further development than our civilization, and our civilization is a man's civilization.There is another layer: superman is the crystallization of pure ideals, while "super woman" is not difficult to obtain in reality.In any cultural stage, a woman is still a woman.Men are partial to a certain aspect of development, while women are the most common and basic, representing the cycle of the four seasons, land, birth, old age, sickness and death, diet and reproduction.Women tie the wisdom of human beings flying through space to a solid root. Even here and now we can find the perfect woman.Perfect men are rare because we don't know what kind of man is perfect.Utilitarians have their ideals, believers in Lao and Zhuangzi have their ideals, and members of the National Socialist Party also have their ideals.It seems that they each have their own shortcomings - that's why we expect too much from the "perfect man". A woman's range of motion is limited, so a perfect woman is more perfect than a perfect man.At the same time, a bad woman is often more thoroughly bad than a bad man.It is true.Some businessmen have no regard for business ethics and their private lives are impeccable.On the contrary, those who have no conscience towards women will do their duty conscientiously.And a vicious woman is so pervasive. Superman is masculine, but God has a feminine component. Superman is different from God.Superman is aggressive, a survival goal.God is vast in compassion, mercy, understanding, and rest.Like most so-called intellectuals.I am also very willing to believe in religion but not able to believe it. If one day I gain faith, I will probably believe in the mother of the earth in O'Neill's "The Great God Brown". "The Great God Brown" is the most moving play I know.I read it again and again, and the third or fourth time I read it still made me cry.The "Mother Earth" outlined by O'Neill in an impressionistic style is a prostitute. "A strong, quiet, sensual, fair-haired woman of about twenty, with clean, healthy skin, full breasts, and broad hipbones. Her movements are slow, steady, and languid like a beast. Her big eyes are like dreams. Usually reflects the turmoil of deep nature. She chews gum, like a sacred cow, oblivious to time, with its own eternal purpose." Her tone of voice is coarse and familiar: "I feel sorry for you. One, every son of a bitch—I just want to run out naked on the street, love you lot, love you to death, as if I brought you a new drug to make you forever Forgot all about it (smiling crookedly). But they couldn't see me, just like they couldn't see each other. And they kept going and dying without my help." People die and are buried in the ground.The Mother Earth comforted the dying: "After you fall asleep, I will cover you with the quilt." You have to wear a mask when you are alive. She took off the mask for the dying and said: "You can't go to bed with it. If you want to sleep, you have to go alone." Here is an excerpt from a dialogue: Brown (close to her body, gratefully) the ground is warm.Mother Earth (consolingly, staring straight at an idol) Shhh!Hush! (tells him to be silent) Go to sleep. Brown: Yes, mother, ... when I wake up ...? Mother Earth: The sun is coming out again. Blanc: Come out to judge the living and the dead! (fear) I don't want a fair trial.I want love.Mother Earth has no love. Brown: Thank you, mother. When people die, the Earth Mother says to herself: "What is the use of giving birth to children? What is the use of giving birth to death?" And she said again: "Spring always comes back, with life! Always comes back! Always, always Yes, there comes eternity again!—Spring again!—Life again!—Summer, autumn, death, peace again! (Painful sadness) But always, always, always love and pregnancy and Pain of childbirth—and spring again with the unbearable cup of life (in exchange for poignant joy), with the glorious burning crown of life!" (She stands like an idol of the earth, her eyes gazing at the vast universe .) This is the goddess. The Luoshen who is "frightening, like a dragon" is just a beautiful woman in ancient costume, the Guanyin offered by the world is just a beautiful woman in ancient costume with bare feet, the half-naked tall and fat Greek stone statue is just a sportswoman, and the blond Madonna is just a pretty nanny , The milk that has been fed in public for more than a thousand years. Further down, we are drawn into the dangerous vortex of religious controversy, which is as fierce as the debate between men and women, but less interesting.Or stop early. Even though women are wrong in every way, there is a bit of "earth mother" root in the spirit of women.Lovely women are really lovely.To a certain extent, lovely character and charm can be cultivated artificially, and the education of ladies in different countries all over the world is aimed at this, although the original meaning is often distorted, resulting in a lady like the lady in this book, Still forgivable. There are many ways a woman pleases a man.Those who only focus on her body will lose a lot of precious life interest.Pleasuring people with a beautiful body is the oldest profession in the world, and it is also a very common occupation for women.Women who marry for a living can all be included under this heading.There is no denying this--there is a beautiful body, and the body is pleasing to others; there is a beautiful mind, and the thoughts are pleasing to others; in fact, there is not much difference.
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