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【双语有声阅读】"Sex”这个词怎么了?

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What Happened to the Word "Sex"?
 
"sex"这个词怎么了?
What ever happened to sex? I had to fill out a government form the other day and it ask for my gender1, giving town boxes to check, male or female.
"sex"这个词怎么了?某天我得填一份官方表格,上面要求我填写性别是男是女。
It wasn't too many years ago that it would have asked for my sex, male of female.
几年前这样的表格性别栏还用的是"sex"一词。
When did the term "gender" replace "sex" to describe the difference between males and females? And why? The term "gender" has become ubiquitous.
是何时"gender"这个术语开始取代了"sex", 用来区分男女性别的不同?"gender"一词又为什么普遍适用了呢?
My old college dictionary says that sex is a difference among living beings, as in the male and female sex, while gender is a difference in some languages partially2 corresponding to the natural order, in which the names of objects are either of masculine, feminine, or neuter gender.
我翻看过去的大学辞典,上面显示"sex"一词代表生物的差异,如男性和女性,而"gender"这个词是指某些语言中部分对应的自然顺序的区别,比如所要形容的对象是阳性,阴性还是中性。
The most recent American Heritage Dictionary advises that, while gender has traditionally been used to refer to grammatical categories,
最新的美国传统词典指出,"gender"一词历来被用来指语法范畴。
the word has been used in recent years to refer to sexual identity or sex-based social or cultural categories.
近年来,这个词已经被用来表达性别认知或以性别为基础的社会和文化类别之中。
According to Stoller, an early pioneer in gender identity research, "sex" is defined as the sum of physiological3 differences between male and female.
斯托勒是性别认知研究领域的先驱,他认为,"sex"一词应该定义为男性和女性的生理差异的总和。
In contrast, "gender" is viewed as a strictly4 psychological phenomenon and refers to the sum of behavioral or psychological differences between the sexes.
相比之下,"gender"则被视为严格的心理现象,是指两性之间的行为或心理差异的总和。
So there is an important difference between sex and gender. The sex of a person is biologically determined5. The gender of a person is culturally and socially determined.
因此,"sex"和"gender"之间有重要的区别。一个人的"sex"是生物因素决定的, 而"gender"则由文化和社会种种因素决定。
The past two decades have produced a wide body of academic literature on gender, along with corresponding university and college departments, centers and courses focusing on the issues of gender identity and gender studies.
过去二十年间已经产生了大量以性别为研究主题的学术文献,以及有关性别认知和性别研究中主要问题的大学,学院部门,研究中心和课程。
Textbooks for such courses all agree that gender refers to the roles attached to biological sex; femininity and masculinity in this view are mere6 social concepts.
此类课程的教科书中都一致认同"gender"是指生物的性别角色,这个概念下,是女性还是男性仅仅是一种社会观念。
As one correspondent puts it, "Sex refers to a biological statement of fact. Gender is the way one is socialized according to some standard of behavior associated with a role."
正如一位记者所说的那样,"sex是指一种生物的事实陈述。"gender"是社会根据一些标准与你的行为举止所判定你扮演的角色"。
"Only women can bear children, but not only women can be mothers."
"只有女性能怀孕生子,但这并不代表只有女性能扮演母亲的角色"。
It is now clear that when the government asked for my gender, there was something more involved than wanting to know my biological sex.
现在我清楚那份表格中问我"gender"的时候,远不是仅仅想要知道我的生物性别那么简单。
There are only two sexes, but at least six if not eight genders7: male, female, lesbian, homosexual or gay, bisexual of both sexes and transgendered of both sexes.
只有男女两种"sex",但却有至少6中"gender": 男性,女性,女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋和变形男女。
The simple change from "sex" to "gender" on a form hints a change in how we are coming to view our society and how it is being restructured.
我们从表格中"sex"到"gender"的用词变化,可以隐隐感受到人们看待社会和社会格局的变化。

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1 gender slSyD     
n.(生理上的)性,(名词、代词等的)性
参考例句:
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
2 partially yL7xm     
adv.部分地,从某些方面讲
参考例句:
  • The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
  • The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
3 physiological aAvyK     
adj.生理学的,生理学上的
参考例句:
  • He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
  • Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。
4 strictly GtNwe     
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地
参考例句:
  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
5 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
6 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
7 genders 83bb1a3a9f58b3256de7992ae4edb965     
n.性某些语言的(阳性、阴性和中性,不同的性有不同的词尾等)( gender的名词复数 );性别;某些语言的(名词、代词和形容词)性的区分
参考例句:
  • There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and neuter. 德语中有叁性:阳性、阴性和中性。 来自辞典例句
  • Japan was fourth among the genders of foreign students. 日本在二十个留美学生输送地中列第四位。 来自互联网
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