Gonna lay it on a bit thick today with something nice and serious. This is an abstract of an academic paper from the Gender Studies Network authored by Zhou Ying.
警察职业曾是女性的“禁区”。随着社会的发展, 目前女警数量不断扩大, 警务工作范围不断扩展, 他们已成为维护社会治安、打击犯罪的特殊力量。女警发展面临着工作与生活平衡的困境。一方面, 存在着女警人数所占比例小、岗位受限、晋升和参与决策的机会有限、职业安全遭受到威胁等限制职业发展的问题。另一方面, 繁忙的警务工作使其无法扮演好家庭角色, 内心冲突激烈。促进女警工作与生活平衡需要社会方面与个体方面的双重努力, 特别是社会政策的支持。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警 | jíng | to alert; police |
| 察 | Chá | short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]; variant of 察[cha2] |
| 职 | zhí | office; duty |
| 业 | Yè | surname Ye |
| 曾 | Zēng | surname Zeng |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 女 | nu:3 | female; woman; daughter |
| 性 | xǐng | nature; property; attribute; sex; suffix forming adjective from verb; essence |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 禁区 | jìn qū | restricted area; forbidden zone; off-limits area |
| 随着 | suí zhe | along with; in the wake of; following |
| 社会 | shè huì | society |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity; quantitative; (math.) scalar quantity |
| 不断 | bù duàn | unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant |
| 扩 | kuǒ | to enlarge |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 务工 | wù gōng | to work as a laborer |
| 作 | zuō | (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |
| 范 | fǎn | pattern; example |
| 围 | wéi | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) |
| 展 | Zhǎn | surname Zhan |
| 他 | tā | (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2]) |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 已 | yǐ | already; to stop; then; afterwards |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 维护 | wéi hù | to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain |
| 治 | zhì | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research |
| 安 | An | surname An |
| 打击 | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music) |
| 犯罪 | fàn zuì | to commit a crime; crime; offense |
| 特殊 | tè shū | special; particular; unusual; extraordinary |
| 力量 | lì liang | power; force; strength |
| 面临 | miàn lín | to face sth; to be confronted with |
| 着 | zhāo | variant of 著|着[zhao1]; a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] |
| 与 | yú | variant of 歟|欤[yu2] |
| 生 | shēng | to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) stu… |
| 活 | huó | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
| 平衡 | píng héng | balance; equilibrium |
| 困 | kùn | to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute; sleepy; tired |
| 境 | jǐng | border; condition; circumstances |
| 一方面 | yī fāng miàn | on the one hand |
| 存 | cún | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 人数 | rén shù | number of people |
| 所 | suǒ | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 占比 | zhàn bǐ | variant of 占比[zhan4 bi3] |
| 例 | lì | example; precedent; rule; case; instance |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 岗 | gáng | post; sentry post; hillock; mound |
| 位 | wèi | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential |
| 受限 | shòu xiàn | to be limited; to be restricted; to be constrained |
| 晋 | jìn | to advance; Jin (state) |
| 升 | shēng | to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]); to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1]); to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1]); to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1]); to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1]) |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 参与 | cān yù | to participate (in sth) |
| 决策 | jué cè | strategic decision; decision-making; policy decision; to determine policy |
| 机 | Jī | surname Ji |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Tai… |
| 有限 | yǒu xiàn | limited; finite |
| 安全 | ān quán | safe; secure; safety; security |
| 遭受 | zāo shòu | to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune) |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoug… |
| 威 | wei | power; prestige |
| 胁 | xiē | flank (the side of one's torso); to threaten |
| 等 | děng | to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (… |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 另 | lìng | other; another; separate; separately |
| 繁忙 | fán máng | busy; bustling |
| 使 | shǐ | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger |
| 其 | qí | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) |
| 无 | mó | used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2] |
| 法 | fǎ | variant of 法[fa3]; France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]; old variant of 法[fa3]; law |
| 扮 | bǎn | to disguise oneself as; to play (a role) |
| 演 | yǎn | to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task) |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (… |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4] |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 内心 | nèi xīn | heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter |
| 冲 | chong | (of water) to dash against; to infuse; to flush; to rise in the air; to collide with |
| 突 | tū | to dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge; to protrude; to break through; to rush out; sudden; Taiwan pr. [tu2] |
| 激 | ji | to arouse; to excite; sharp; violent |
| 烈 | liě | ardent; fierce; upright; exploits |
| 促进 | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 个体 | gè tǐ | an individual; self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 個體戶|个体户[ge4 ti3 hu4]) |
| 双重 | shuāng chóng | double |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious |
| 特别 | tè bié | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular |
| 政策 | zhèng cè | policy; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4] |
Police work was once an occupational area forbidden to women. In the wake of [current] social development, the continuous increase in the number of policewomen and the continuous expansion in the scope of police work, policewomen have become an extraordinary force in upholding law and order and cracking down on crime. [At the same time,] this development has left policewomen faced with difficulties in [maintaining] work-life balance. On the one hand, [there are work-related issues such as] their small number in proportion [to male policemen], a limited number of posts they may accept, few opportunities for promotion or participation in decision-making, threats to their occupational safety, and so on. On the other hand, [there are personal issues such as the fact that] the frenetic pace of police work makes it almost impossible to play a proper role in domestic life, creating an intense inner conflict in [policewomen’s] heart. In order to improve policewomen’s work-life balance, we must strive [to address] both the social and individual aspects [of this problem], particularly in the form of support through social policies.