Rape jokes aren't funnier when they are about men

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Monday April 13, 2015 · 12:00 PM PDT

2015/04/13 · 12:00

According to RAINN, 1 in 33 men have been on the receiving end of attempted or completed rape. I will grant you that it’s a lower number than women, but it’s still rape. So why do mainstream and popular shows like Saturday Night Live still treat male rape (because it’s rape even when it’s statutory) as a funny joke?

I’ve watched Saturday Night Live for my whole life. I watch the debates of which cast was better with amusement, but I don’t participate, because as a long-time viewer, I know each and every SNL has its dogs and it’s good sketches. Even the best seasons or best episodes do.

Also, I’m using SNL as a jump off point. They are not the only program, comedy or otherwise, who seems to find the idea of male rape something to laugh about, and sadly won’t be the last.

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Thursday February 24, 2011 · 10:53 AM PST

2011/02/24 · 10:53

While the frustration with civil servants is certainly understandable, the target of the public's ire is misguided. The problem with going after civil service unions is that they don't really represent anyone who makes big money. When targeting unions that represent teachers and firemen, when attacking their pensions, the gross off the top isn't really worth the taxpayer cost of wasted political session hours. In fact, if the government wants to continue paying wages below average in areas like education and wants to keep cutting benefits for people who are willing to do it, well, can anyone be surprised when we keep falling behind the rest of the world?

Being a civil servant isn’t as glamorous as people have heard. While everyone else was out making their bucks in the dot bombs, were speculating on the housing market, etc. these individuals were working at below average wages with the notion that someday they would have a pension and that they would have decent benefits. They made a deal with their employer when they signed on for their job that these would be the wages they would receive, these were the parameters on which they would receive a raise, and these were the benefits and pensions they would get.

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Wednesday December 08, 2010 · 4:02 PM PST

2010/12/08 · 16:02

Trickle down theory. Supply side economics. Incentivising investment. Punishing small business owners with taxes so they can’t expand their business. The political theory of why rich people deserve lower taxes comes in many guises. The problem with it is: it doesn’t work. Or, at least, it hasn’t in thirty years.

It’s broken in its very concept, sort of like communism. It’s the sort of thing that works fine on paper, kind of, but doesn’t allow for the human element. Let’s start from the top, though. With how economics works.

It’s very basic. Supply and demand.

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