时差N小时:差异加深刻板影响

National Yangming University was recently thesite of an international conference on the role ofwomen in science. Arthur Chen, director ofYangming's Center of International Affairs, spoke ofthe pervasive influence of stereotypes in our lives.

国立阳明大学最近召开一场国际性会议(全球女性科学家会议)，探讨女性在科学领域所扮演的角色。 阳明大学国际学术交流中心主任陈宜民，讨论了刻板印象在我们日常生活中所造成的普遍影响。

A conference designed in part to open society'smind about stereotypes about girls and women ought to push open the doors of our mindsabout other stereotypes we may harbor as well.

一场旨在呼吁社会对女性的刻板印象采取开放心胸的会议，也应该敦促我们对藏在心中的其他刻板印象敞开心门。

When the subject of cruel and inaccurate stereotypes here in Taiwan comes to mind, twogroups of people come immediately to my mind.

提到在台湾被烙印成残忍和不确实刻板印象的对象时，我马上想到两个族群。

Those groups are Filipino migrant workers and homosexuals. When I raise the topic ofFilipino workers with local people, 18 out of 20 times I get almost word for word the samebarrage of images reeking with insensitive generalizations. Gays and lesbians generally stirmore positive stereotypical images, but still many regard them with deeply rooted feelings ofdisapproval, suspicion and fear.

那两群人分别是菲律宾籍劳工和同性恋者。跟当地居民提起菲律宾劳工这个话题时，20个人中有18位给的评价千篇一律，语气中充满着麻木不仁。男、女同性恋者通常带给人们比较正面的印象，可还是有许多人以根深蒂固的否定、怀疑和恐惧感看待他们。

Whenever we find ourselves stereotyping other people, we need to stop and ask what it iswe are doing, and why we are doing it. Do we want others to pass judgment on us according toour nationality, our gender, or some other general characteristic? Aren't we individual people,and not clones of a group to which we may belong?

每当发现自己对别人产生刻板印象时，我们必须停下来，问问自己在做什麽，以及这样做的原因。我们希望他人因我们的国籍、性别或其他总体特征，对我们骤下判断吗?难道我们不是独立个体而是所属团体的复制品吗?