I didn't read that original post, but in the quote you've included, it seems like the point is that it's not a sexual thing to be joking about. Rape is about power, not sex, and specifically men's power over women (most of the time). A joke about a brutal tool of oppression in which the real and potential victims are 50% of the room and that frames men as violent oppressors is sort of a hard thing to pull off. And I'm not sure you can speak to it being "cathartic" unless you've been there. I sincerely hope you haven't.
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