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The fact that there is a debate about this subject at all is in part because the very thing that makes rape jokes unfunny—the reality of sexual assault and the toll it takes on its victims—is so often treated as hypothetical, subject to debate and open to interpretation.

But rape is real—and far more common than most people realize. According to Justice Department statistics, one in six women in the U.S. will be sexually assaulted during their lifetime—and that number is likely far too low because rapes are often not reported. On college campuses, one in four women are victims of rape or attempted rape. The statistics also disprove the stereotype about rape being committed by a stranger—some two-thirds of reported rapes were committed by someone known to the victim, including spouses or partners.

Rape isn’t a joke—not to any woman who has survived it, nor to anyone who lives in fear because of the climate of sexism that makes rape possible.

Rachel Cohen on Daniel Tosh’s sexist, rape-apologist jokes. Read her full article, “Talking back at a sexist bigot” here. 

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