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A father is trying to talk to his daughter bout birds and bees, so he sat down next to her, where she was watching a TV show.

“So…” he says,” what are you watching?”

“Some lame soap opera,” his daughter replies, without glancing up. The father, of course, was no expert in soap operas. But he has to start the birds and bees conversation somehow.

“Really? That’s cool… that pair, I assume they’re a couple?” he asked, pointing to the TV screen. The daughter turned to look at him, concerned.

“Dad, is there something wrong with your eyesight? Those two are male…”

That was a scene from one of the few sane television series. And thus I begin my speech.

I’m not sexist. No, nowhere near that. But what are some of the men in this world are thinking? Especially young men. Here in Shanghai, I couldn’t go a [...]