None of this is to argue that “women” are a universal force for positive change in Europe and around the world. Consider, for example, Marine Le Pen, the new head of France’s National Front, Elena Ceaucescu, the sordid wife of the former Romanian dictator, or, more recently, Tunisian ex-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s wife, Leila Trabelsi, who fled to Dubai with 1.5 tons of gold plundered from the central bank.
但上述一切也并不能证明“女性”就是欧洲以及全世界改革的积极力量。不要忘记这世界上还有诸如法国国民阵线的新女领袖马琳·勒庞，恶行累累的前罗马尼亚独裁者之妻埃列娜·齐奥塞斯库，以及最近曝光的莱拉·特拉贝尔西，这位突尼斯前总统本阿里的妻子逃亡到了迪拜，还不忘带上从突尼斯中央银行盗取的1.5吨黄金。