These questions are political in the sense that the debate over them will inevitably by less an exploration of abstract matters in a spirit of disinterested inquiry than an academic power struggle in which the careers and professional fortunes of many women scholars-----only now entering the academic profession in substantial numbers---will be at stake, and with them the chances for a distinctive contribution to humanistic understanding, a contribution that might be an important influence against sexism in our society.
进一步疑问的提出:and with them the chances for a distinctive contribution to humanistic understanding, a contribution that might be an important influence against sexism in our society.
and with them 同a contribution that 这两个部分,我不是很明白,and with them同前面哪个部分并列呢?them指代哪个呢?第2个问题:a contribution that同前面的名词并列应该有个连词吧?那这个a contribution that究竟是做什么句子成分呢?起什么作用呢?谢谢大家。
than an academic power struggle in which the careers and professional fortunes of many women scholars(插入部分-----only now entering the academic profession in substantial numbers---will be at stake, )and with them (these women scolars) the chances for a distinctive contribution to humanistic understanding, a contribution that (前面的整个句子) might be an important influence against sexism in our society.