[vezzy-fnord]

It's not trivializing anything.

It's a parody of views expressed by extreme social justice warriors, usually associated with the Tumblr scene.

There's nothing inherently bad about rape jokes. They're a form of black humor, but so is a lot of comedy. Humor is a coping mechanism. We often laugh at things that deep down are quite disturbing, but are presented in such a manner that we may calmly deal with uncomfortable ideas and find relief.

In fact, all great comedians are provocative and shocking to a degree. Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, etc. If we were to follow the advice of hypersensitive narcissists who insist that certain jokes offend them and therefore shouldn't be told, that would pretty much be the death of it all. Some jokes are supposed to elicit disgust, unnerve or provoke. The most masterful is one that offends you yet makes you laugh simultaneously.

[gaius]

Being easily offended is the modern way of signalling ones sophistication and intelligence.

[sophacles]

It is a parody of views expressed by extreme SJW folks. But it isn't a good one. Some parodies just aren't funny because they push too many buttons - you don't want to mock the sensical, reasonable bits of a view, just the parts that are over the top. It's a fine line between ugly and funny when doing parody.

There is also the part where a lot of discussions about this in many forums have been of the "Oh it's just like all women want" and "all feminism is inequality for reals" variety, and flat out denial of the "there's no such thing as extreme SJW feminism and other types - it's just too impossible to classify" - suggesting it is appealing to a much different crowd than you think it is.

[vezzy-fnord]

you don't want to mock the sensical, reasonable bits of a view, just the parts that are over the top.

All of the views parodied here are over-the-top.

[gaius]

Like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luce_Irigaray