And in the context of that movie it was funny. This “joke” wasn’t in any such context.

OK, but how much would Jez be freaking out if the roles and genders had been reversed?

I...feel really stupid, but despite being a woman I absolutely don’t get this. It seems like just a lot of sentences about men but it could apply to men or women and it’s not playing on the setup/punchline format of jokes so I’m super confused. Can someone point me to an explanation ? man I’m gonna feel really stupid…

Way too long. But I’m sure it’s funny and relevant. I appreciate your humor so I’ll take your word for it. The problem I think here was there is no rape joke here. Instead a reference to a comedic song that is a rape joke. That the complainer obviously knew it well enough to immediately know what it was. Had a…

Seriously fuck MBCock, dumb kinja regular

But...it is nothing. She’s made a mountain out of a molehill. Hell, I’ve had worse banter than this with the females in my office, and THEY started it. No, this is someone being super touchy and looking for an excuse. The guy apologized, and she still went off on a tirade. I’m not defending apple, or their employees,…

Surprised a shithead like you isn’t a misogynist.

This. People need to stop being so overly sensitive about nonsense in this world. Geez.

The other thing, he wasn’t joking about rape... just saying every time he hears an intruder alert it reminds him of the bed intruder song...

I can almost guarantee they will end up paying her to go away, because in this kind of situation that’s the least painful thing for all involved.

This is ridiculous. I’m seriously starting to hate living in this world. Bad things happen to all kinds of people, some are worse then other but everyone could claim its personally the worst thing on Earth for them. I’m surprised how much the Apple employee apologized over it instead of saying something stupid like…

I seriously can’t tell if this article is satire. The woman “Danielle” sounds like a complete narcissist who absolutely refuses to accept a sincere apology multiple times, climbs leaps and bounds above the chain of command to the CEO of the company, gets a month paid leave, and comes back expecting what exactly? Did…

yup. the ptsd triggers part mad eme laugh. I am 100000% for women who feel uncomfortable in the work place for valid reasons, and this may not be the whole story, so I don’t want to say she sucks, but if this is the only incident, or this is how it usually plays out, this woman strikes me as the mom at the PTA who…

Gunning straight for that HR settlement no doubt. I read it more as a pop culture reference joke than a rape joke.

Wow, Danielle must be really busy at work, what with all the time she has to write and complain about her coworkers referencing a song instead of doing actual work. Way to go Danielle, lead by example!

Exactly, and it’s not like the guy said rape one single time. That would be like Buffy becoming a trigger because Spike basically raped her one time. This is some over-sensitivity gone out of control. This is not a ‘rape joke’ in any way shape or form.

Yeah, it seems like the “victim” either needlessly escalated this situation for no reason. Either that, or this joke was the last straw in a long line of comments/jokes that pushed her over the edge. Hard to tell from this single incident for certain, but I definitely agree that this incident alone wouldn’t seem to…

I feel no pity for this woman. Not once in the chat log was there anything alluding to rape, just the song. The rape portion of the song wasn’t even what they were joking about. The guy apologized MULTIPLE times, and yet she still felt the need to email Tim Cook (who by the way won’t read this petty crap anyways…

So the guy apologizes multiple times for the joke and she keeps escalating it? I wouldn’t make a joke like that at work because it isn’t appropriate, but if someone apologizes while stating they will not do it again; it should be over right then. No need to escalate it right to the CEO without going through your…

In a sense, it is no different than the safe space / trigger-warning freight train that stormed through college campuses over the last few years.