Popular director blasted on social media for sexist theme song

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• Theme song from new Han Han movie faces online backlash over sexist lyrics / Weibo (in Chinese)
  Celebrity blogger, race car driver, and director Han Han’s new film, Ride the Winds, Break the Waves (also known as Duckweed), is set for release on January 28, but it’s already under fire for its sexist theme song. Titled “A Manly Manifesto,” the song includes lyrics such as “To be my wife, you should wake up earlier than me and go to sleep later than me,” “I am not capable of doing housework, so it is your work,” and “I might not have a love affair, probably not.” After the song’s release, online commenters quickly diagnosed Han Han with “straight man cancer,” a term coined by Chinese internet users to describe male chauvinistic attitudes. Some of the most upvoted comments are “I feel bad for the girl who married the guy in this song” and “I hate this song, but it represents the voice from the vast majority of men in contemporary China.” You can listen to the whole song here (in Chinese).
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