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The song is a direct remake of a Japanese song from the 70s, which was criticized for sexism during the height of Japan’s women’s movement.

Chinese movie companies have been known for grasping the principle “all PR is good PR” too well, but a movie theme song, nostalgic about ~traditional relationships~, pre-released coincidently around the time 3.2 million women took to the streets globally, seems a bit much.

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The song titled — wait for it — “Manifesto of A Big Man,” was first released last Friday on 34-year-old Chinese writer/blogger/racer/young-dad-of-the-year Han Han‘s Weibo page, to promote his second all-star feature film, Duckweed, competitively scheduled to release this Friday.

According to description on review site Douban, the film — set to be released on the first day of the Chinese Year of the Rooster — tells the story of a race car driver, played by Chinese actor Deng Chao, who wants to prove to his father, Taiwanese-Canadian actor Eddie Peng, that he's right about his career choice and goes on a remarkable journey.

So from the start, this film is not really about the woman in the poster: Zhao Liying, the highest paid actress in the country, plays only a supporting role.

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And the song itself is a portrayal of the drunken, a little too honest words of a bridegroom on the eve of his wedding.

“Every night, you can't go to bed earlier than me / every morning, you are not allowed to wake up later than me / you need to make tasty food, dress up appropriately / and get along with my mom and my sister,” the lyrics go.

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But then a plot twist! Sort of! The man becomes self-depreciating, saying he has “no ability.”

He then shirks his responsibilities, saying “this family all depends on you,” begging the wife to raise their future children and wait to die until after he does when they get old.

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