Chat attack

reproductive rights

生育自由

(shēnɡyùzìyóu) 

A: Recently a lot of female stars have expressed support for dancer Yang Liping and advocating reproductive rights. Do you know what is going on? 

最近很多女明星纷纷在微博上为舞蹈家杨丽萍发声,主张生育自由,你知道是怎么回事吗？

(zuìjìn hěnduō nǚmínɡxīnɡ fēnfēn zài wēibóshànɡ wéi wǔdǎojiā yánɡlìpínɡ fāshēnɡ, zhǔzhānɡ shēnɡyù zìyóu, nǐzhīdào shì zěnme huíshìma?) 

B: It's because a netizen posted a comment on one of Yang Liping's video that said "A woman's greatest failure is to not have children."  

是因为有个网友在杨丽萍的视频下评论说"一个女人最大的失败是没一个儿女。"

(shìyīnwéi yǒuɡè wǎnɡyǒu zài yánɡlìpínɡde shìpínxià pínɡlùnshuō yīɡènǚrén zuìdàde shībài shì méiyīɡèérnǚ. )

A: Heavens! How can there still be netizens like this! What decade is this? They still want to define women by saying if they don't give birth to children they aren't women? It's so laughable!

天啊,竟然还有这样的网友！现在都什么年代了,还要给女性下定义,不生孩子就不是女人了吗？真是好笑！

(tiānā, jìnɡrán háiyǒu zhèyànɡde wǎnɡyǒu. xiànzài dōushíme niándàile, háiyào ɡěinǚxìnɡ xiàdìnɡyì, bùshēnɡhái zǐjiù bùshì nǚrénlema?zhēnshì hǎoxiào.)

B: Yup. So a lot of female stars wrote some messages to rebut what this netizen said. 

是啊,所以很多女明星都发文反驳这位网友的话。

(shìā, suǒyǐ hěnduō nǚmínɡxīnɡ dōu fāwén fǎnbó zhèwèi wǎnɡyǒudehuà.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT