The topic of rape jokes seems to have dominated a lot of the media coverage of the comedy circuit over the past 12 months, and it has been a subject for conversation among comedians, too.
WASHINGTON — The incendiary topic of rape and abortion re-entered the 2012 campaign Wednesday and threatened to singe Mitt Romney after an Indiana Senate candidate's comments that pregnancies conceived by rape should not be aborted because "God intended" conception to happen.Mr.
We've heard the language spewed over decades of sexist thinking on the topic of rape, spouted by crafty, amoral defense attorneys, desperate, self-serving parents; entitled, clueless perpetrators, and hardened, sociopathic criminals.
Daniel Tosh recently caused a debacle when he responded to a female heckler by asking the audience, "Wouldn't it be funny if that girl got raped by like, five guys right now?" This isn't the first time that Tosh has utilized the horrific topic of rape for comedy; he once told a joke about replacing his sister's pepper spray with silly string as a prank, causing her to be raped that night.
A typical sentiment: "Damn it, does this mean I have to stop watching his movies?" This kind of squirming seems like a way of avoiding a larger topic: the still-hidden subject of rape within families and how frequently it takes place.
The subject of rape and evolution has been so touchy, Dr. Thornhill and Dr. Palmer write in "A Natural History of Rape," that lectures on the topic have been picketed, scientific articles have been rejected by scholarly journals, and researchers who view rape through an evolutionary lens have been denied jobs at universities.
The singer, who catapulted to fame in the 90s and 2000s with songs like Bump and Grind and Ignition (Remix) has long been evasive on topics of sexual assault and rape in interviews ever since he was indicted on child pornography charges in 2002.
I was at a friend's house when the topic of college rape arose.
The film investigates a related topic — the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military — and shows how quickly a climate of complicity can ripple through a chain of command, to devastating effect (in military units and, one imagines, elsewhere).
Here's a short list of topics covered: rape, adoption, prostitution, murder, romance between the elderly, compulsive gambling, family bonds, madness, Hollywood, immigration and sadomasochism.
