我們常聽到有人說：「當女人好難。」要隨時維持青春美貌、知書達禮，上得了廳堂，下得了廚房，還有懂得說話藝術，最好床上功夫也不要太差，才能備受喜愛。但從古自今，為什麼一定要穿上高跟鞋或丁字褲才性感，誰規定女性就一定要除毛或一定得嫁人成為媽媽等等，這些條件的限制究竟是在討好誰？我們是否都太過在意別人給予我們的評價，才會讓自己身陷「不夠好」的迷思，看不見自己既有存在的優點，而不斷放大匱乏的缺點呢？
英國女作家 Caitlin Moran 曾在出版的書籍《How to Be a Woman》 中，以帶點黑色幽默的方式分享許多觀點，這絕非強調過度強調女性主義或為女權聲張，而是讓我們重新思考如何在當今世代成為女人，用勇敢果決的態度去面對人生任何的挑戰，包含愛與日常：
#1
“When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’, what she really means is, ‘There’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today.”
當女人說「我沒有衣服可穿時」，代表著沒有一件衣服可以襯托我今天的身份。
#2
“And, like all the best quests, in the end, I did it all for a girl: me.
所有最美好的追求，最終我都是為了一個女孩而做：我自己。
#3
“With mounting concern, I learned that having a £600 handbag is like having a crush on the Joker in Batman. You MUST do it. It is an irreducible fact of being a woman.”
隨著生活有愈來愈多的擔憂，我了解到擁有一只 £600 的手袋就像迷上蝙蝠俠中的小丑。你「必須」這麼做，這是身為一個女人無法避免的事實。
#4
When women find the right person, on the other hand, they just... disappear for six months, then resurface, eyes shiny, and usually about six pounds heavier.”
當女人找到對的人時，她們會……直接消失6個月，等到再次見到她時，她們雙眼發亮，容光煥發，體重還多了約6磅。
#5
“some people aren’t just people, but a place—a whole world. Sometimes you find someone you could live in for the rest of your life.”
有些人不只是「人」而已，是一個地方，是全世界。有時候你找到的是可以共渡一生的避風港。
#6
“The problem with battling yourself is that even if you win, you lose.”
與自己對抗的問題在於，即便你贏了，也是輸了。
#7
“And the question is always "When are you going to have kids?" Rather than "Do you want to have kids?”
為什麼所有問題總是圍繞於「你什麼時候懷孕？」而不是「你想不想要有小孩？」
#8
“If you would feel comfortable going around to someone's house at the end of a long day saying, "I'm just going to take my bra off," you know you are intimate friends.”
當你願意在結束漫長的一天後，還到某人家中並說著：「我要脫下內衣」，那你們一定是很親密的朋友。
#9
“The world is difficult, and we are all breakable. So just be kind.”
整個世界已經夠舉步維艱了，我們也都很容易受傷，所以請善待他人。
#10
“When God gives you no lemons - make nonmonade!”
當上帝不給你檸檬時，那就不要加檸檬！
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