Trying to hustle your way up the corporate ladder is, for some young women, so last decade. Sweden, often hailed as a global leader in gender equality, is seeing an intriguing cultural shift. 

A growing number of young women are embracing the “soft girl” lifestyle, a social media trend that celebrates stepping back from work and adopting a more traditional, home-centered way of living.

The trend gained popularity and media attention last year when a survey revealed that many 15–24-year-olds were embracing the trend.  This August, nothing seemed to have changed as 14 per cent of 7-14-year-olds aspired to be soft girls in the future.

Johanna G?ransson, a researcher for the survey, believes soft girls trend may be an extension of recent global work trends such as “quiet quitting”, which encourages employees not to overextend themselves.

對(duì)一些年輕女性來說，努力打拼、升職加薪的思想太過時(shí)了，簡直像是停留在十年前。瑞典經(jīng)常被譽(yù)為全球性別平等的先鋒，然而這里正在經(jīng)歷一種有趣的文化變革。

越來越多的年輕女性開始接受“軟妹”生活方式。這是社交媒體上的一個(gè)流行趨勢(shì)，鼓勵(lì)女性離開職場(chǎng)，回歸以家庭為中心的傳統(tǒng)生活方式。

這個(gè)流行趨勢(shì)受到了廣泛的追捧和媒體的關(guān)注。去年的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查表明，15歲至24歲的許多年輕人都在接受這個(gè)流行趨勢(shì)。而到了今年8月，情況似乎也沒有改變。在7歲至14歲的受訪者中，有14%的孩子表示未來想做一個(gè)“軟妹”。

這項(xiàng)調(diào)查的研究員Johanna G?ransson認(rèn)為，“軟妹”的流行趨勢(shì)和“躺平擺爛”類似，都側(cè)面反映了最近的全球職場(chǎng)趨勢(shì)——鼓勵(lì)員工不要過度勞累內(nèi)卷。

??重點(diǎn)詞匯與表達(dá)

hail /he?l/ v. 贊揚(yáng)，歡呼；下冰雹

intriguing /?n?tri?ɡ??/ adj. 非常有趣的，引人入勝的

shift /??ft/ n. 改變，轉(zhuǎn)變

embrace /?m?bre?s/ v. 擁抱；欣然接受，樂意采納

celebrate /?sel?bre?t/ v. 慶祝，慶賀；贊揚(yáng)，贊美

home-centered  adj. 以家庭為重心的

adopt /??dɑ?pt/ v. 采取，采納，接受

reveal /r??vi?l/ v. 揭示，透露；表明，證明

aspire /??spa??r/ v. 渴望，有志于

hustle up 迅速找到；迅速準(zhǔn)備；迅速行動(dòng)

corporate ladder 企業(yè)階梯

step back from 從……退后

gain popularity 獲得流行，受歡迎

embrace the trend 擁抱潮流

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