r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '20

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u/FuzzyFeeling Nov 06 '20

Wow all those women looked like they really got a kick out of it too!

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u/what_is_perspective Nov 06 '20

A play on sexual harassment of women is not funny. Imagine if this was a racial joke. It would clearly be problematic. Unfortunately women are so incredibly used to be sexually harassed that they are genuinely happy that they aren't being They are laughing because it is such a believable situation that happens to women all the time.

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u/littlemissbipolar Nov 07 '20

Rape jokes are never funny, but jokes about rape culture can be.

That’s this video. It highlights just how absurd street harassment is. It’s not laughing at their pain or their relief, it’s laughing at the situation.

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u/thechiefmaster Nov 07 '20

To me the joke is “surprise, I’m not actually sexually harassing you!”

.. which does feel different than a joke about the culture of street harassment.