rape joke

(Newser) - New York magazine film critic David Edelstein has been booted as a contributor to NPR's Fresh Air after an ill-advised joke made in the wake of director Bernardo Bertolucci's death. Edelstein posted a still shot of the rape scene from Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris that he...

(Newser) - Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has made quite a name for himself both at home and abroad with his zero-tolerance approach to crime and colorful language, including a recent rape "joke" he made about a murdered Australian missionary. But the outraged response from his opponents and prominent women's...

(Newser) - Following months of pressure from women's rights group, Facebook has finally removed a series of "rape joke" pages. "There is no place on Facebook for content that is hateful, threatening, or incites violence," said the company after the pages were pulled. But some of the pages...