subject: “We need more rape jokes. We really do. Needless to say, rape, the most heinous crime imaginable, seems it’ sacomic’ s dream, though. It' s because it seems when you do rape jokes, that the material is so dangerous and edgy, and the truth is, it’ s like the safest area to talk about in comedy‘ cause who’ s gonna complain about a rape joke? Rape victims? They don’ t even report rape. They’ re just traditionally not complainers.” Ironically, in 7he Aristocrats, a documentary entirely about a classic joke of the same name, Silverman complained (facetiously) that she was once raped by show-biz legend Joe Franklin. Also, her rape tips for men include, "Carry a rape whistle. If you find that you are about to rape someone, blow the whistle until someone comes to stop you." However, another joke of hers goes like this: “Il was raped by a doctor—which is so bittersweet for a Jewish girl.” In the magazine Bitch ( “Feminist Response to Pop Culture” ), an article titled “Laughing It Off: What Happens When Women Tell Rape Jokes?” by Katherine Leyton stated: “Some female comics tell jokes that clearly target rape culture, such as one classic skit by veteran comedian Wanda Sykes, ‘Even as little girls we’ re taught we have something everybody wants—you gotta protect it, you gotta be careful, you gota HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019091