17. Battle of the Sexes

Much of this talk about feminism is nonsense, Beatrice Webb was told one day. "Any woman would rather be beautiful than clever." "Quite true," she replied, "but that is because so many men are stupid and so few are blind!"

性别大战

“谈论女权运动的大部分言论都是废话，”一天有人这样告诉比阿特丽斯·韦伯，“所有女人都宁要美丽也不要聪明。”“极其正确，”韦伯应声答道，“不过那是因为愚蠢的男人太多，而瞎了眼的男人太少。”

背景知识与点评

·比阿特丽斯·韦伯（1858—1943）是英国社会主义经济学家，和丈夫一道筹建了费边社（the Fabian Society）以及赫赫有名的伦敦经济学院。

·韦伯对经济理论的贡献是发展和丰富了合作化运动（the Co-operative Movement）。