She didn't actually whack him, because Lung Ying-tai was so startled she just stared openmouthed. Yet she could at the same time understand: "This isn't just his personal problem. There are tens of millions of men standing behind him--Germans, Chinese, everywhere in the world--using the same approach to dealing with women: kind, friendly, and absolutely condescending.
耳刮子沒有打下去，龍應台由於太過驚訝而目瞪口呆，她也同時理解：「這真不是他一個人的問題，他的背後站著成千上萬的男人﹘ ﹘德國男人、中國男人、世界上的男人﹘ ﹘以同樣的眼光看著女人，慈祥的、友善的、絕對屈尊的眼光。