I agree that no subject should be untouchable - however, jokes about women being raped are kind of neutralized in a way by the whole sentiment of "rape culture" and all women being victims/potential victims of rape. It's talked about a lot. When it comes to jokes about prison rape, though, even if the humor stems from the same intent, there is not nearly as much advocacy to address the issue.
For every joke about a woman getting raped, there are 10 complaints on social media about how awful it is. For a joke about prison rape, there is usually no defense. The fact that it is still pretty common in cop/crime based media for an arresting officer to tell the criminal that they're going to get raped or be made another guy's bitch in prison is pretty telling of how little people give a shit about them.
People have a special way of dehumanizing these victims, which I find pretty abhorrent. The ability to immediately and completely shrug off empathy towards prisoners and convicts is really disgusting and I hope anyone who thinks otherwise gets super AIDS raped.
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I agree that no subject should be untouchable - however, jokes about women being raped are kind of neutralized in a way by the whole sentiment of "rape culture" and all women being victims/potential victims of rape. It's talked about a lot. When it comes to jokes about prison rape, though, even if the humor stems from the same intent, there is not nearly as much advocacy to address the issue.
For every joke about a woman getting raped, there are 10 complaints on social media about how awful it is. For a joke about prison rape, there is usually no defense. The fact that it is still pretty common in cop/crime based media for an arresting officer to tell the criminal that they're going to get raped or be made another guy's bitch in prison is pretty telling of how little people give a shit about them.
People have a special way of dehumanizing these victims, which I find pretty abhorrent. The ability to immediately and completely shrug off empathy towards prisoners and convicts is really disgusting and I hope anyone who thinks otherwise gets super AIDS raped.
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