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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 499
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
At this time the question of suffrage for women was fast becoming a prominent issue, and naturally Bok was asked to take a stand on the question in his magazine. No man sat at a larger gateway to learn the sentiments of numbers of women on any subject. He read his vast correspondence carefully. He consulted women of every grade of intelligence and in every station in life. Then he caused a straw-vote to be taken among a selected list of thousands of his subscribers in large cities and in small towns. The result of all these inquiries was most emphatic and clear: by far the overwhelming majority of the women approached either were opposed to the ballot or were indifferent to it. Those who desired to try the experiment were negligible in number. So far as the sentiment of any wide public can be secured on any given topic, this seemed to be the dominant opinion.
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定位:Additional excerpt 499 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
当时女性选举权正成为热点议题,博克被要求在自己的杂志上表态。他利用自己接触大量女性读者的优势,仔细阅读来信,咨询不同阶层和智识水平的女性,并在大城市和小镇的订户中做了一次抽样投票。结果非常明确:绝大多数女性要么反对投票权,要么漠不关心,真正想尝试的人少到可以忽略。博克因此认为,这就是当时能获得的广泛民意。他的做法是先广泛收集意见再下判断,而不是凭个人好恶。
上下文
爱德华·博克是《妇女家庭杂志》主编,本文出自他的自传,讲述20世纪初美国女性选举权争论中他的调查与立场。
今日一问
当你需要判断一个争议话题的民意时,你会像博克一样先做系统调查,还是凭直觉或身边人的看法下结论?
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