New data in the West reveal that we have not necessarily raised a generation of daughters who are exuding self-respect and self-esteem. We are raising a generation of girls who are extremely hard on themselves – who set their own personal standards incredibly, even punishingly high – and who don’t give themselves a chance to rest and think, “that’s enough.”
不错，以“永不满足”的面孔来定义的西方女权主义的确会导致一个矛盾。我们女孩们和年轻的女性无法放松自己。西方社会统计的新数据显示，我们并没有把我们女儿培育成为散发着自信与自尊的一代。相反，我们却正在把我们的女儿培育成对自己极端苛刻的一代——她们把个人标准定得超乎想象的高，甚至高得有点自我惩罚的味道——最后把自己培育成不给自身一点空间来休息和思考是否“够了”的一代。