I'm very happy to be here in India.

我非常高興能來到印度。

And I've been thinking a lot about what I have learned

我常常想起我所曾經學過的東西

over these last particularly 11 years

特別是過去這11年來

with V-Day and "The Vagina Monologues,"

關於V-Day（女人反暴力運動）以及「陰道的獨白」（伊芙所寫的一齣劇）

traveling the world,

旅行全世界

essentially meeting with women and girls across the planet

基本上就是到處與這個星球上的女人和女孩見面

to stop violence against women.

想辦法去阻止對女人的暴力

What I want to talk about today

今天我想要說的是

is this particular cell,

這個特別的細胞

or grouping of cells, that is in each and every one of us.

或稱之為一組細胞，這個存在我們每一個人身上的細胞

And I want to call it the girl cell.

而我想要稱它為女孩細胞

And it's in men as well as in women.

這個細胞同樣的存在於男人與女人身上

I want you to imagine that this particular grouping of cells

我想你去想像這一組特別的細胞

is central to the evolution of our species

是我們物種演化的重心

and the continuation of the human race.

以及人類存續的核心

And I want you imagine that at some point in history

然後我想你再想像我們歷史上的某一時期

a group of powerful people invested in owning and controlling the world

有一群強悍的人設法擁有並控制整個世界

understood that the suppression of this particular cell,

知道要強行鎮壓這個特別的細胞

the oppression of these cells,

壓迫它們

the reinterpretation of these cells,

重新解讀它們

the undermining of these cells,

暗中破壞它們

getting us to believe in the weakness of these cells

讓我們以為它們是脆弱的

and the crushing, eradicating, destroying,

然後去破壞、根絕、消滅

reducing these cells,

減少它們

basically began the process of killing off the girl cell,

並開始進行殺死這些女孩細胞的程序

which was, by the way, patriarchy.

因而造就了目前父權統治的社會

I want you to imagine that the girl is a chip

我想你去想像這個女孩是一個晶片

in the huge macrocosm of collective consciousness.

存在於這個廣大宇宙的集體意識裡

And it is essential to balance, to wisdom

晶片本質上是讓我們每一個人能去平衡, 去智化

and to actually the future of all of us.

以及去實現我們所有人的未來

And then I want you to imagine that this girl cell

然後我想你去想像這個女孩細胞

is compassion,

是慈悲的

and it's empathy, and it's passion itself,

是有同理心的、本身是熱情的

and it's vulnerability,

是易感柔弱的

and it's openness, and it's intensity,

是開放的、是情感強烈的

and it's association, and it's relationship,

能有伙伴關係與人際關係的

and it is intuitive.

而且是有直覺力的

And then let's think how compassion informs wisdom,

然後再想想慈悲如何衍生智慧

and that vulnerability is our greatest strength,

而脆弱是我們強大的力量

and that emotions have inherent logic,

情感本身就有其內在邏輯

which lead to radical, appropriate, saving action.

這些都帶來了徹底的, 適當的, 救贖的行動

And then let's remember that we've been taught

然後請想想看我們曾被教導了

the exact opposite by the powers that be,

與這份能力完全相反的事物

that compassion clouds your thinking,

說慈悲會蒙蔽了你的想法

that it gets in the way,

同樣的

that vulnerability is weakness,

脆弱是一種缺點

that emotions are not to be trusted,

說情感根本無法取信

and you're not supposed to take things personally,

而妳根本不應將這些視為很個人的事情

which is one of my favorites.

卻剛好是我最喜歡的

I think the whole world has essentially

我想整個世界基本上

been brought up not to be a girl.

就是要讓我們不要成為一個女生

How do we bring up boys? What does it mean to be a boy?

那我們如何教導男生們？身為一個男生又應該怎樣？

To be a boy really means not to be a girl.

要成為一個男生其實就是不要變成一個女生

To be a man means not to be a girl.

要成為一個男人就不要變成一個女生

To be a woman means not to be a girl.

要成為一個女人就不要變成一個女生

To be strong means not to be a girl.

要變的很強壯就不要變成一個女生

To be a leader means not to be a girl.

要成為一個領導者就不要變成一個女生

I actually think that

我卻認為

being a girl is so powerful

成為一個女生是多麼的有力量

that we've had to train everyone not to be that.

為此我們大家都被訓練至不要變成一個女生

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And I'd also like to say that the irony

而我仍要諷刺的說

of course, is that denying girl,

當然的，否定女生

suppressing girl, suppressing emotion,

壓制女生，壓抑情感

refusing feeling has lead thus here.

拒絕去感覺已經讓我們變成這樣了。

Where we have now come to live in a world where

而我們現在所處的世界裡

the most extreme forms of violence,

這些最極致的暴力

the most horrific poverty,

最可怕的貧窮

genocide, mass rapes,

集體屠殺，大量的強暴

the destruction of the Earth, is completely out of control.

這些毀滅地球的情況已經完全的失控了。

And because we have suppressed our girl cells

而又因為我們壓抑著我們的女孩細胞

and suppressed our girl-ship,

還有壓制我們女孩那一部份

we do not feel what is going on.

我們完全無法感受到發生什麼事

So, we are not being charged with

所以我們沒有能力

the adequate response to what is happening.

去為當下的事情作出反應

I want to talk a little bit about

我想要談一下

the Democratic Republic of Congo.

剛果民主共和國

For me, it was the turning point of my life.

對我來說這是我的人生轉捩點

I have spent a lot of time there in the last three years.

在過去三年裡我花了許多時間在那邊

I feel up to that point I had seen a lot in the world,

這段時間內我看到了世界上的許多事情

a lot of violence.

很多的暴力

I essentially lived in the rape mines of the world for the last 12 years.

我過去12年基本上都活在整個世界的強暴地雷裡

But the Democratic Republic of Congo

但是剛果民主共和國

really was the turning point in my soul.

竟然是我靈魂的轉折點

I went and I spent time

我去了那裡也花了時間

in a place called Bukavu

在一個叫做「布喀福」的地方

in a hospital called the Panzi Hospital,

一個名為潘日的醫院裡

with a doctor who was as close to a saint as any person I've ever met.

我遇見了一個在我認識的人裡最能稱的上是聖人的醫生

His name is Dr. Denis Mukwege.

他的名字是丹尼斯‧慕克維

In the Congo, for those of you who don't know,

在剛果，也許你並不知道

there has been a war raging for the last 12 years,

過去12年都遭受著戰火的摧殘

a war that has killed nearly six million people.

這樣的戰爭殺害了將近六百萬的人口

It is estimated that somewhere between 300,000 and 500,000 women

其中約有30萬到50萬的女性

have been raped there.

慘遭強暴

When I spent my first weeks at Panzi hospital

當我在潘日醫院的第一個星期時

I sat with women

我跟那些女人坐在一起

who sat and lined up every day to tell me their stories.

她們每天輪流過來告訴我她們的故事

Their stories were so horrific,

她們的故事真的很悲慘

and so mind-blowing and so on the other side of human existence,

如此的令人難忘，像是存在世界另一頭的人類

that to be perfectly honest with you, I was shattered.

而我要非常老實地說，這真的很震撼。

And I will tell you that what happened

我要告訴你發生了什麼事

is through that shattering,

透過這種震撼的感覺

listening to the stories of eight-year-old girls who had their insides eviscerated,

聽到這些八歲小女孩她們的內臟被拉出來的故事

who had guns and bayonets and things shoved inside them

有人用槍以及刺刀捅進她們的身體裡¥

so they had holes, literally, inside them

所以她們的身上被捅出了個洞

where their pee and poop came out of them.

尿液與糞便就直接從這個洞排了出來

Listening to the story of 80-year-old women

還有關於80歲老婦人的故事

who were tied to chains and circled,

她們被鎖鍊綁住並圈在一起

and where groups of men would come and rape them periodically,

有一群男人則會定時來強暴她們

all in the name of economic exploitation

而這全都以經濟開發為名

to steal the minerals so the West can have it and profit from them.

去偷採礦石所以西方人能夠因此而圖利

My mind was so shattered.

我實在是非常的震驚

But what happened for me is that that shattering

但事實上這樣的震撼對我來說

actually emboldened me

卻使我更有勇氣

in a way I have never been emboldened.

使我擁有我未曾有過的勇氣

That shattering, that opening of my girl cell,

這樣的震撼打開了我的女孩細胞

that kind of massive breakthrough of my heart

大規模的突破我的心房

allowed me to become more courageous, and braver,

使我變的更堅強與勇敢

and actually more clever

並且讓我比以往的我

than I had been in the past in my life.

更聰明

I want to say that I think the powers that be

我想我要說的是被視為

know that empire-building

權力擴張的那股力量

is actually -- that feelings get in the way of empire-building.

同樣的想法也阻擋了權力本身的擴張

Feelings get in the way of the mass acquisition of the Earth,

這樣的想法阻礙了地球的大量成長

and excavating the Earth, and destroying things.

以及地球的開發並還毀壞了所有事物

I remember, for example, when my father,

我記得，像是我的父親

who was very, very violent, used to beat me.

是一個非常非常的暴力的人，經常毆打我

And he would actually say, while he was beating me,

當他打我的時候，他通常會對我說

"Don't you cry. Don't you dare cry."

「不准哭。妳不准給我哭出來。」

Because my crying somehow exposed his brutality to him.

因為我的哭聲不知怎地讓他覺得自己很殘忍

And even in the moment he didn't want to be reminded

即使在當時他並不想被點醒

of what he was doing.

到底他在做什麼

I know that we have systematically annihilated the girl cell.

我知道我們有系統的在消滅這個女孩細胞

And I want to say we've annihilated it in men as well as in women.

而我要說我們不僅消滅了男人的女孩細胞，同時也消滅了女人的女孩細胞

And I think in some ways

而在某方面來說

we've been much harsher to men

這一點我們更嚴苛的要求男人

in the annihilation of their girl cell.

去消滅掉他們的女孩細胞

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

I see how boys have been brought up, and I see this across the planet:

我看到了男孩是如何的被帶大，而我看到了全世界都是如此

to be tough, to be hardened,

要強硬、要堅強

to distance themselves from their tenderness, to not cry.

要他們跟自己的柔弱情感保持距離，不許哭

I actually realized once in Kosovo,

有一次在科索沃

when I watched a man break down,

當我看到一個男人崩潰

that bullets are actually hardened tears,

而子彈就是他硬化了的眼淚

that when we don't allow men to have their girl self

而當我們不准許男人展現他們的女性特質

and have their vulnerability, and have their compassion,

他們的柔弱與他們的慈悲

and have their hearts, that they become hardened and hurtful

以及他們的心懷時, 都會令他們變得

and violent.

強硬, 具傷害性以及暴力

And I think we have taught men to be secure

我想我們都在教導男人要表現安全

when they are insecure,

當他們感到不安全時

to pretend they know things when they don't know things,

去假裝懂得一切事物而即使他們其實一點也不懂時

or why would we be where we are?

不然的話，為什麼我們會成為現在這個樣子？

To pretend they're not a mess when they are a mess.

當他們一團混亂時去假裝他們並不是這樣

And I will tell you a very funny story.

我要告訴你們一個很好笑的故事

On my way here on the airplane, I was walking up and down the aisle of the plane.

在我來這裡的飛機上，我在機位的走道間走來走去

And all these men, literally at least 10 men,

而所有的男人，至少有10個以上

were in their little seats watching chick flicks.

都在他們的小位子上看著文藝愛情片

And they were all alone, and I thought, "This is the secret life of men."

而且他們都是獨自一人，然後我想「這就是男人的秘密生活」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I've traveled, as I said,

就像我所說的，我去過

to many, many countries,

很多很多的國家

and I've seen, if we do what we do to the girl inside us

我見到了如果我們如此對待我們內在的女孩

then obviously it's horrific to think

那麼顯然很恐怖的可以想到

what we do to girls in the world.

我們就是這樣對待這個世界上的所有女孩

And we heard from Sunitha yesterday,

而我們昨天從Sunitha（歌手）

and Kavita about what we do to girls.

以及Kavita（人名）那處得知我們是如何對待女孩的

But I just want to say that

而我只是想說

I've met girls with knife wounds and cigarette burns,

我見過這些有著刀傷以及被煙蒂燙傷的女孩們

who are literally being treated like ashtrays.

他們根本被當作煙灰缸似的

I've seen girls be treated like garbage cans.

我見過這些被當作垃圾桶看待的女孩們

I've seen girls who were beaten by their mothers

我見過這些被她們的媽媽

and brothers and fathers and uncles.

她們的兄弟、父親、叔伯毆打的女孩們

I've seen girls starving themselves to death in America

我在美國看到那些存心想餓死自己的女孩們

in institutions to look like some idealized version of themselves.

讓自己變成世俗眼光中理想的樣子

I've seen that we cut girls and we control them

我看到了我們閹割女孩們並且控制她們

and we keep them illiterate,

讓她們變成文盲

or we make them feel bad about being too smart.

而且我們還讓她們覺得自己太聰明是不好的

We silence them. We make them feel guilty

我們讓她們保持沈默。甚至讓她們對於

for being smart. We get them to behave,

變的聰明有罪惡感。我們要她們表現舉止得宜

to tone it down, not to be too intense.

保持低調，不要太激烈

We sell them, we kill them as embryos,

我們賣掉她們，即便在她們還是胎兒時就扼殺她們

we enslave them, we rape them.

我們奴役她們。我們強暴她們。

We are so accustomed to robbing girls

我們太習慣於掠奪女孩們

of the subject of being the subjects of their lives

主導自己生命的主導權

that we have now actually objectified them

所以我們現在將她們物體化

and turned them into commodities.

變成一種商品

The selling of girls is rampant across the planet.

販賣女孩這種行為猖獗於整個世界

And in many places they are worth less than goats and cows.

而且在很多地方他們甚至不如山羊與牛

But I also want to talk about the fact that

而我還要說事實上

if one in eight people on the planet

如果世界上八分之一的人口

are girls between the ages of 10 to 24,

是平均年齡在10到24歲的女孩

they are they key, really, in the developing world,

她們才真正是整個世界發展的關鍵

as well as in the whole world, to the future of humanity.

也是全世界所有人類的未來

And if girls are in trouble because they face systematic disadvantages

女孩如果有問題都是因為這樣的惡劣體系

that keep them where society wants them to be,

讓她們變成社會上希望她們成為的樣子

including lack of access to healthcare,

包括缺乏醫療管道、

education, healthy foods,

教育、營養的食物

labor force participation.

被強迫參與勞動

The burden of all the household tasks

所有家務的重擔

usually falls on girls and younger siblings,

往往都落在女孩子或更年幼的弟妹身上

which ensures that they will never overcome these barriers.

一切都要確保她們不會跨越這些障礙

The state of girls, the condition of girls,

女孩們的狀況，女孩們的處境

will, in my belief -- and that's the girl inside us

在我來看，這個我們內在的女孩

and the girl in the world -- determine whether

還有全世界的女孩，

the species survives.

將決定人類物種的存亡

And what I want to suggest is that,

而我所想要說的是

having talked to girls, because I just finished a new book called

跟這些女孩談過後，因為我才剛出版了一本新書叫做

"I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World,"

「我是有感情的創造物：全世界女孩的秘密生活」（尚未有中文譯本）

I've been talking to girls for five years,

五年來我曾經跟很多女孩談過

and one of the things that I've seen is true everywhere

我曾在各地看過一件千真萬確的事

is that the verb that's been enforced on girl

有一個強制在女孩身上的動詞

is the verb "to please."

這個動詞是「去取悅」

Girls are trained to please.

女孩們被訓練去取悅別人

I want to change the verb.

我想要改變這個動詞

I want us all to change the verb.

我要我們都改變這個動詞

I want the verb to be "educate,"

我想要將這個動詞變成「教育」

or "activate," or "engage,"

或「主動」，或「參與」

or "confront," or "defy," or "create."

或「面對」或「反抗」或「創造」

If we teach girls to change the verb

如果我們教導女孩們換掉這個動詞

we will actually enforce the girl inside us

我們就會強化我們內在的女孩

and the girl inside them.

以及她們內在的女孩換掉這個動詞

And I have to now share a few stories

現在我要跟你們分享幾個故事

of girls I've seen across the planet

一些我在這世上看到的女孩的故事

who have engaged their girl,

那些讓她們內在女孩參與其中的女孩

who have taken on their girl in spite of

那些不顧周遭情況如何

all the circumstances around them.

也要呈現她們內在女孩的人

I know a 14-year-old girl in the Netherlands,

像是我知道有一個14歲的荷蘭女生

for example, who is demanding that she take a boat

堅決要求要一個人乘船

and go around the entire world by herself.

環遊全世界

There is a teenage girl who just recently

有一個十幾歲的女生最近

went out and knew that she needed 56 stars

知道她需要在他的右臉上

tattooed on the right side of her face.

刺上56顆星星

There is a girl, Julia Butterfly Hill,

有一個女孩，珠莉亞‧巴特弗來‧西爾

who lived for a year in a tree

住在樹上一年