As your role changes, the meaning you assign to the world changes, and the glass goes from a carrier of liquid pleasure to a weapon to avoid suffering.

当你的角色改变时，你赋予这个世界的意义也随之改变，杯子就从液体快乐的载体变成了避免痛苦的武器。

But, if you're enjoying a cocktail in a bar and someone threatens to fight you, your role changes from that of a customer to that of a fighter.

但是，如果你在酒吧里喝着鸡尾酒，有人威胁要和你打架，你的角色就会从顾客变成打架者。

Some people didn't like those changes and thought that women should have their more traditional roles, I guess, instead of having those roles changed as they were being changed during this time.

有些人不喜欢这些变化， 认为女性应该扮演更传统的角色，我猜，而不是随着这段时间的变化而改变这些角色。