What's The Difference Between A Joke And A Jerk?

A joke is funny and satirizes parts of our culture that are bad and need change. A jerk, or a selection of whatever stronger words you so choose, says a woman being raped is funny (I'm looking at you, Daniel Tosh). My personal hero Wanda Sykes gets the difference.
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A joke is funny and satirizes parts of our culture that are bad and need change. A jerk, or a selection of whatever stronger words you so choose, says a woman being raped is funny (I'm looking at you, Daniel Tosh). My personal hero Wanda Sykes gets the difference.



Meanwhile, the amazing women at the Women's Media Center, in collaboration with Fem 2.0 and Women in Media & News, casually throw down a minute and a half truth bomb:

ORIGINAL: By Wanda Sykes for her special "Sick And Tired," which you can and should watch on Netflix. Treat yo' self.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CLAPPED FOR THAT," by Elisa Kreisinger of Pop Culture Pirate, in collaboration with the Women's Media Center, Fem 2.0, and Women in Media & News.
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