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Originally Posted by bcsoda
The difference to me is that a rapist and/or rape in a movie is generally portrayed in a negative light. I don't think I've ever seen a movie where the rapist is a hero. Whereas in a rape joke it's "ha! Isn't rape/aren't rapists funny?" and so it's trivializing something serious that many women (and men) are effected by.
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No offense, but you are talking out of your ass. You said that the problem with rape jokes is that they could trigger a strong emotional response from someone that has been raped. See below:
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Originally Posted by bcsoda
Being raped is highly traumatizing to the point that it can cause PTSD. A joke making fun of someone's accent is probably going to offend a lot of people, but it's much less likely than a rape joke to actually emotionally harm them.
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...and fair enough, this could very well be the case. But if someone is in such an emotional fragile state that a rape joke cause them harm, then a drama that graphically depicts the act of rape certainly isn't going to be okay simply because the rapist was depicted "in a negative light". Doesn't make any sense, so if you think rape should be off limits for comedians because of emotional damage it could cause to victims, then it should be off limits for everyone.