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CMV: I don't think men being raped should be played for laughs in media (usually movies)

Examples: Wedding Crashers, 40 days and 40 nights, how "squeal like a pig" is printed on t-shirts and meant to be funny

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This isn't to say rape should never be brought up in movies at all, just that it shouldn't be used for comedic affect.

Not to say which is worse, but seeing a person get raped on movie and it's meant for laughs (especially in a pg-13 movie) gives me about the same feeling as if mutilating a dog or cat was meant to be funny in a movie.

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I just can't see any value to society from doing this. Certainly comedy can be used to bring up dark subjects that otherwise wouldn't be talked about. But generally that is done via stand-up comedy, and not in movies. The way it's done now, there is no overall point to it besides "haha that guy is getting raped isn't that funny!?"
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At least in those two specific cases, it's very much not played for laughs (at least in the immediate scene).  In both cases it's played as a pretty significant violation of bodily autonomy.

In both cases it's *flawed*: in Wedding Crashers it ends up being undercut by Vaughn's character ending up with his rapist; and in 40 Days and 40 Nights the guy ends up being blamed for his violation.  But I'd argue that in neither case is it really being played for laughs as much as being played for discomfort.  There's a difference between the kind of laugh that comes from humor, and the kind that comes from nervous discomfort.  

I'd also point out that both movies are *not* rated PG-13, but rather R.

As a final thought, at least for 40 Days, is it possible that the reaction you're having is kind of the point?  That here you have a character who is violated against his will, and then himself blamed for being violated, and you're intended as a man (who can empathize with that character perhaps more than you could with a woman) to see how fucked up that is?  Especially since the woman is pretty clearly shown to be awful.