What a crock. Agree with ruffers that some men of a certain age find it difficult to talk seriously about this so make half assed jokes or dismiss it but that is something they need to sort out and is in no way an excuse.
Sending you lots of love, in my experience it is something every girl/woman has had and fine though to some extent and the fact that it is now being addressed is going to cause A lot of men to seriously consider their attitudes and behaviour in terms of speaking up.