double bind

1. N-COUNT If you are in a double bind, you are in a very difficult situation, because whatever decision you make will have bad results. 進退兩難的處境[usu sing]

Women are caught in a double bind, marginalized in the community if they are not wives and mothers, under excessive pressure to be perfect if they are. 婦女們處于進退兩難的境地：若不結婚生子會被社會邊緣化，但要兩全其美則壓力重重。