However, on the second day the trainer is replaced by a Scary Black Man who tells him to start running before he catches him. One comic featured a tubby guy getting exercise from his female trainer by having her strip nude and run around the room on the first day saying he can have sex with her if he can catch her.Woman: I made the complaint at that time. Police: But why did not I report it before? More compassionate portrayals often happen to Butt-Monkey characters who are deliberately written as sympathetic when confessing what happened to The Hero, they will immediately be offered sympathy and help, when confessing to a villain, they will more than likely be brushed off, to indicate the villain's Lack of Empathy. of perpetrator being irrelevant), having no influence on sexuality of victim or perpetrator, not being the fault of the victim, etc, etc) that the worst does not in favour of a kind of sneering dismissiveness that hints at very real contempt especially when it takes the form of deliberate mean-spiritedness and/or ignorance that highlights our own compassion and knowledge. A big part of the humour is the idea that men shouldn't need help and aren't 'manly'/masculine if they ask for and/or get it this 'meaning' ( inverted commas) that being sexually assaulted as a man isn't just amazingly painful, especially if it's someone you know and/or trust, but also something one deserves if one is unwilling or unable to prevent it.Īs a general rule, the best comedic material about sexual assault demonstrates a certain compassion and understanding (Sexual assault as largely a question of power/control rather than sex, having effects unique to each victim (sexuality, gender, species, etc. A partial exception (depending on how well it's done) to the 'not inherently funny' thing we just said about sexual assault is the sexual assault of men (including, if not especially, by women).