and if you've taken any women's and gender studies courses,

如果你上过任意一门女性及性别研究课程
or studied feminist interpretations or queer interpretations

或是读过女权主义同性恋的文学著作
of literature, she should be a familiar name.

你应该很熟悉这个名字
She wrote a famous book called Between Men,

她写过一本很有名的书叫《男人之间》
and her argument is that, in a lot of--I think

我想她的题目应该是维多利亚式的小说
her subject was victorian fiction--in a lot of Victorian fiction,

她的论点是在很多维多利亚式小说中
the homoerotic or the homosocial bond between men is channeled

男同性恋或是男同社会联系
through a woman, and the perfect example of that,

是由女性连接起来的最好的例子就是
in this novel, is when Coleman and Nathan go to

在这部小说中科尔曼和南森一起
the dairy farm to watch Faunia.

去牧场看望弗妮亚
So, it's as if, by both watching Faunia together,

就好像通过一起看望弗妮亚
through her their desire for one another is channeled.

通过她他们对彼此的欲望得到了调节