Sexual Assault of Men Played for Laughs - Part 1 Male Perpetrators

by Panzer
This episode comes with a very strong content warning for frank discussions of and media
clips involving rape and sexual harassment.
There's a surprisingly disturbing trend running through a lot of mass-media entertainment.
A trend that often flies under the radar.
Let me explain.
You're watching a popular TV show or movie.
Laughing along at the hi-jinks when suddenly, things take a jarring turn.
"Check out the new meat. I'm going to slather you up in Gunavian jelly [laughs] Go to town--"
Wait a minute! Was that a rape joke?
"I'm going to slather you up in Gunavian jelly [laughs] Go to town--"
Yep. It certainly was.
"This one here is our booty!"
Maybe it's just an anomaly.
"This doesn't end with us riding into the sunset. It ends with me dying of cancer and you winning the icebox award for softest mouth."
Hold up. That's another rape joke in another superhero blockbuster.
Let's try something else.
"Don't drop the soap, big homie."
"Where will you be watching the world consume me from?"
"That's right, a prison cell. I'll send you a bar of soap."
How about we try a comedy instead.
"Relax, and open wide."
"Wa--wa--what are you doing? [screams] Dude! That went up my ass!"
Yikes! Let's switch to a TV show.
"As soon as you drop the soap, they rape your butt. That's what happens."
Peter: [screams] No! Stop! I'm saying no!
"Bieber was briefly jailed early this morning, he went to jail early this morning,
"and the police report described him as 5'9" and 140 lbs."
"or, as his cellmate put it, just right."
You've likely noticed the pattern here
In each case, sexual assault is played for laughs, and in each case the targets of the joke are men.
Andy: "You know--" Conan: "He's like a bite-sized Snickers." Andy: "Fun-size."
[Laughs]
Comedic scenarios involving the sexual abuse of men can include a wide range of behavior
"Now we'll do your inseam."
From casual punchlines about unwanted kissing or touching...
[laughs]
to gratuitous one-liners about anal rape.
"They will turn your butthole into a parking garage. Start putting all kinds of cars in there, man."
"Buicks, Cutlass Cieras, Oldsmobiles... somebody gonna put a Hummer in there."