全球四分之一的人認爲女性應待在家中

【英文原文】

Women head governments, run companies and comprise about half the world's workforce, but a global poll shows that one in four people, most of them young, believe a woman's place is in the home.

The survey of over 24,000 adults in 23 countries, conducted by Reuters/Ipsos and released on the eve of International Women's Day, showed that people from India (54 percent), Turkey (52 percent), Japan (48 percent), China, Russia, Hungary (34 percent each) and South Korea (33 percent) were most likely to agree that women should not work.

And, perhaps surprisingly, people aged between 18 and 34 years are most likely to hold that view, not those from the older, and more traditional, generation.

However, the majority, or 74 percent, of those polled believe a woman's place is certainly not at home.

"Over the past century, women, collectively, have made great gains not only in terms of societal participation - from politics to the workplace to sports and the media and to intellectual pursuit - but there are still barriers to many," said John Wright, senior vice president of market research company Ipsos.

"This poll has a fundamental expression embraced by a full majority that women, individually or otherwise, should have the ability to choose to do what and where they believe they can make their greatest contribution," he said.

In countries where most people believed women should stay at home, or where the majority held the opposite view, there was little difference between the sexes, the survey showed. For example, in India, the country where more than half of those polled said women should stay home, an almost equal number of men and women held this view.

The following results table from the survey conducted between November and January begins with the countries where citizens are most likely to agree that "a women's place is in the home." All figures are percentages.

"A woman's place is in the home"

Agree Disagree
India 54 46
Turkey 52 48
Japan 48 52
China 34 66
Russia 34 66
Hungary 34 66
South Korea 33 67
Czech Republic 28 72
Australia 25 75
United States 25 75
Great Britain 22 78
Netherlands 20 80
Canada 20 80
Italy 19 81
Poland 18 82
Belgium 16 84
Germany 14 86
Spain 12 88
Brazil 10 90
Sweden 10 90
Mexico 9 91
France 9 91
Argentina 9 91

【中文譯文】

儘管女性執政、從商，且構成全世界約一半的勞動力，但一項全球調查顯示，四分之一的人認爲女人應該待在家裏，而且持此觀點的大多是年輕人。

這項由路透社和益普索集團聯合開展的調查對23個國家的24000多名成年人進行了訪問，調查結果在國際婦女節前夕發佈。調查顯示，印度（54%）、土耳其（52%）、日本（48%）、中國（34%）、俄羅斯（34%）、匈牙利（34%）和韓國（33%）受訪者最傾向於贊同女性不應該工作的觀點。

讓人吃驚的是，持這一觀點的大多是年齡在18歲到34歲之間的受訪者，而非年齡較大的、思想觀念較爲傳統的一代。

然而，多數受訪者（74%）認爲女性的位置肯定不是在家裏。

益普索市場調查公司的高級副總裁約翰•懷特說：“在過去一個世紀中，女性在政治、職場、體育、媒體和學術等方面的社會參與都取得了很大進步，但對於很多女性來說，障礙依然存在。”

“大多數人都支持該民調的一個基本觀點，那就是：無論是就個體還是整體而言，女性都應該能夠選擇她們所認爲自己可以做出最大貢獻的工作和領域。”

調查顯示，無論贊成或反對女性應該待在家裏，有關這一問題的性別差異並不明顯。例如，在印度，受訪者中有超過一半的人認爲女性應該待在家裏，而持這一觀點的男性和女性數量基本相同。

該調查於去年十一月份至今年一月份之間開展。調查結果請參照以下表格。排在前面的是傾向於認爲“女性應該待在家裏”的國家。所有數據均爲百分比。

“女人應該待在家裏”

贊成 不贊成
印度 54 46
土耳其 52 48
日本 48 52
中國 34 66
俄羅斯 34 66
匈牙利 34 66
韓國 33 67
捷克共和國 28 72
澳大利亞 25 75
美國 25 75
英國 22 78
荷蘭 20 80
加拿大 20 80
意大利 19 81
波蘭 18 82
比利時 16 84
德國 14 86
西班牙 12 88
巴西 10 90
瑞典 10 90
墨西哥 9 91
法國 9 91
阿根廷Argentina 9 91