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Yes, I know abuse jokes and sexual assault jokes can offend some people which is understandable. But for some people, making abuse or sexual assault jokes help them to cope with their trauma.
Most people who make these jokes make them whilst making other jokes and not purposely to trigger someone.
So before you rage at someone because they are "normalizing abuse/sexual assault/etc", remember this could be the way they deal with their trauma with said subject.
UPDATE 30/6/2018:
I've gotten several comments on this subject, so here it is. I mean survivors making fun of their OWN trauma, as oppose to making fun of someone else's trauma that they know. I also believe they should be allowed make trauma jokes about trauma they haven't been through BUT they shouldn't if they know someone they know has been through it. AKA been through trauma that know one they know/anyone could've been through (such as with aliens and shit)
However I do not defend those who treat other survivors' traumas as lesser because those people do not make jokes about them. Not everyone copes via jokes, and that doesn't make their trauma less real/traumatising.
Please do not use this piece if you are a;
Terf, Swerf, Ace Exclusionist, Transmed/Truscum, Nazi, (No)map, anti-anti etc, or intend to make fun of it
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a survivor can make rape jokes all they want and laugh, just like someone related to a 9/11 victim can make 9/11 jokes, it's fine, cant we have a laugh sometimes?
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I agree with survivors making jokes about their own trauma but not if it's about someone else's trauma or if they are trying to make it seem everyone else's trauma is funny/not real or funny/not real if they don't make jokes about it etc.
I hope that makes sense.
Dark humour doesn't have to be about real people either and people can have a sense of humour even if they dislike dark humour, humour directed at other people (As in the bullying kind) etc.
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Of course, Im just going to change the description as I only mean people making jokes about their own trauma. Making jokes about other people's trauma is a shitty thing to do.
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I agree to a certain extent, there is a line. Like if you're joking about someone else's trauma. Like I had a "friend" who would ask if I "liked it" , and if it made me like older men, or asked if I ever fantasize about my dad. None of which was true, all of which hurt my feelings, and I was a minor at the time (still am lol). At the time I didn't realize these were red flags. But the guy ended up being a major creep. So I think making jokes about your own trauma is okay, but teasing someone about their own I think isn't very kind. Like you know that bed intruder song? That doesn't offend me at all, it makes me laugh. And the suicidal muffin song makes me laugh too even though I've had a suicide attempt.
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Agree. I should've made it clear I meant survivors making jokes of their own trauma and not making fun of some else's. Sorry about that "friend" of yours, that was a really shitty thing to do what they did.
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There's a reason we're no longer friends hehe.
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I agree... my dark humor jokes is something I only tell to people close to me
I am a survivor...
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As a long-time victim of abuse, I agree. It's the only thing my brain tells me how to cope.
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