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In reply to the discussion: Eve Ensler on the passivity of men [View all]DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)I'm scanning my memory for any exceptions, but I can tell you I haven't heard a rape joke or anything like it in years. Foremost, I'm fortunate to be in a pretty liberal part of the country. I work in a buttoned-down environment where anyone telling such a joke would be walked out the door in short order. I have a wife and 3 kids (1 adult, 1 almost an adult, one in middle school), and they sure as hell don't tell jokes like that. I don't keep bigots around on Facebook--I hide or unfriend them, usually when they make some egregious right-wing statement. I assume this also filters out any potential rape jokes from that crowd. Work/Home, colleagues/family--I'm just not exposed.
And before you ask, yes, I'm posting about me--others in this thread have leveled the accusation that the men in this thread are trying to make it about themselves, personally. No bones about it, that's what I'm doing, and I'm doing so in order to answer a charge that is not correct.
And finally, if I ever do hear anyone telling jokes like this, I'll say something, I'll leave, I'll do whatever the situation calls for, but I won't stand there and laugh, because this crap isn't funny.