Britain’s Home Secretary apologizes for joke about spiking his wife’s drink with date-rape drug - eviltoast
  • Seventhlevin@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I showed the joke to my wife and she said that it was a good idea and she would try it on me.

    • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 months ago

      Yeah that doesn’t really matter when it is absolutely offensive to women. As evidenced by the response to this leak. Don’t joke about abusing your wife. It’s really just not funny. This has come up many times before in public discourse. It was one of the watershed moments of the feminist movement of the 70s. Specifically men making jokes about beating their wives.

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        11 months ago

        The joke is in no way offensive to women. You insinuating that it is just because some overly-sensitive people (lots of which have a monetary incentive to do so) jump to call offense is what’s actually offensive.