Motherhood is a bane almost by definition, or at least partly so, as long as women are forced to be mothers--and only mothers--against their will.

• 只要妇女仍然在违背自己意愿的情况下被迫承担母亲这一角色--而且仅仅是这一角色，那么母亲一词对她们来说几乎就是毁灭的同义词，或至少部分相同。