Women, I feel I can say this authoritatively, especially at Barnard where they can't hear us, what am I talking about? They professionally can't hear us. Women are better at acting than men. Why? Because we have to be, successfull convincing someone bigger than you are of something he doesn't want to know is a survival skill, this is how women have survived through the millennia. Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending or acting is a very valuable life skill and we all do it. All the time, we don't want to be caught doing it but nevertheless it's part of the adaptations of our species, we change who we are to fit the exigencies of our time, and not just strategicaly, or to our own advantage, sometimes sympathetically, without our even knowing it for the betterment of the whole group.
关于女性，我认为我可以很权威地这样说，特别是在巴纳德，他们听不见我们说，我想说的是什么呢？他们真的听不到我们说什么。我想说的是女性比男性更擅长表演。为什么这么说呢？因为女性必须如此，成功说服某人相信他不想知道的事，尤其是当他比你地位高时，是一种生存技能，是千百年来女性赖以求生的方式。假装并不只是游戏，假装是想象的可能性，假装或表演是我们都需要的非常宝贵的一种生活技能。我们每个都在假装。我们从不希望被人发现是在假装，但它确实是人类适应生存的能力的一部分。我们可以改变自己以适应时代的一切危急情况，并不只是出于生存考虑，也不只是为了让自己有利可图，有时我们只是出于同情，甚至不会意识到这是为了团体的进步。
