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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 567

爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

"I won't say that this does not weigh with a woman. It does, naturally. But when it comes to her possession of an ornament of beauty, as beautiful as the aigrette, it weighs with her, but it doesn't tip the scale against her possession of it. I am sorry to have to say this to you, but it is a fact. A woman will regret that the mother-bird must be tortured and her babies starve, but she will have the aigrette. She simply trains herself to forget the origin.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 567 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

友人坦承:女人不是不难受,但面对一件足够美的饰物,那点难受压不过拥有的欲望。她会遗憾母鸟受折磨、雏鸟挨饿,可最后还是买;她只是训练自己忘掉来源。这揭示消费心理的机制:道德不安会被主动屏蔽,只要物品带来的身份感足够强。要打破它,光展示残酷不够,还得让“拥有”本身变得不体面,或者提供同样美的替代品。

上下文

友人向博克解释女性为何明知羽饰残忍仍会购买,反映当时时尚消费与道德感的冲突。

今日一问

你有没有一件东西,你刻意不去想它的来路?那份“不去想”是怎么被训练出来的?

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