Cold open of Barney Miller- S04E15 “Rape”, which aired Jan 26th 1978. Marital rape wouldn’t be criminalized in New York until the end of 1984. It wouldn’t be considered a crime in all 50 states until 1993.
Cold open of Barney Miller- S04E15 “Rape”, which aired Jan 26th 1978. Marital rape wouldn’t be criminalized in New York until the end of 1984. It wouldn’t be considered a crime in all 50 states until 1993.
Makes you wonder what laws we’re still gonna be shocked by 20 years from now
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Things like this remind you why feminism is important !
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If you can watch this and not cringe when the studio audience laughs (or laugh track starts – I can’t remember if they used one ) I just don’t know what to say.
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That’s a lot if laughter for talking about rape.
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Aged like cottage cheese on hot pavement.
Preppypugg on
Good grief, is that Jennifer Coolidge???
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I hate this on so many levels.
Thank you for posting.
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Even if you disregard the fact that marital rape was not illegal, this is still shocking. She says she was raped, she’s distressed, she says the man who did it was a degenerate animal. The cops make jokes and the audience laughs.
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Oh my god. What the actual fuck?
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Saw this in an episode of Mad Men, during the scene they made it seem like it was common at the time. didn’t know it wasn’t illegal at the time (1961ish)
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And sadly even nowadays it is still not taken seriously.
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Yeah man this is episode is dire. Despite the odd use of a laugh track for something so awful, for a while it seems like the episode is advocating for taking marital rape as a serious crime. It was not illegal at this time so it would have been a very good thing if the issue was treated with gravity and raised awareness of it. A brave female district attorney is presented as heroic for wanting to use this case to force marital rape to be legally recognized and criminalized.
Then at the end of the episode, Barney mediates between the couple, gives the rapist some fatherly advice and not only convinces the wife not to further pursue legal action, but also to reconcile with her rapist and remain a happy couple. Not great.
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Those were the days! – Frank Reynolds
YJeezy on
India going through this now…
DiligentlyBoring on
Did they just send her home?
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We’re not going back.
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And now there is a whole show dedicated to cops catching rapist in New York
machuitzil on
It’s weird to hear laugh tracks nowadays but this is the most awkward laugh track I’ve ever heard.
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this is what people want to go back to when they pine for the “good old days”.
Disgusting.
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I was reading about Eric Clapton today,he used to rape his wife Patty Boyd, which he apparently admitted to in ’99, hardly a ripple.
Thing of the past , I doubt it
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Fucking rank
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We look at this now and find it crazy people laughed at this. However prison rape jokes are still super common and accepted. Crazy that in 2024 we look the other way and even laugh at rape in any context. “Ha ha ha better not drop the soap” – like wtf…
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Makes you wonder what laws we’re still gonna be shocked by 20 years from now
Things like this remind you why feminism is important !
If you can watch this and not cringe when the studio audience laughs (or laugh track starts – I can’t remember if they used one ) I just don’t know what to say.
That’s a lot if laughter for talking about rape.
Aged like cottage cheese on hot pavement.
Good grief, is that Jennifer Coolidge???
I hate this on so many levels.
Thank you for posting.
Even if you disregard the fact that marital rape was not illegal, this is still shocking. She says she was raped, she’s distressed, she says the man who did it was a degenerate animal. The cops make jokes and the audience laughs.
Oh my god. What the actual fuck?
Saw this in an episode of Mad Men, during the scene they made it seem like it was common at the time. didn’t know it wasn’t illegal at the time (1961ish)
And sadly even nowadays it is still not taken seriously.
Yeah man this is episode is dire. Despite the odd use of a laugh track for something so awful, for a while it seems like the episode is advocating for taking marital rape as a serious crime. It was not illegal at this time so it would have been a very good thing if the issue was treated with gravity and raised awareness of it. A brave female district attorney is presented as heroic for wanting to use this case to force marital rape to be legally recognized and criminalized.
Then at the end of the episode, Barney mediates between the couple, gives the rapist some fatherly advice and not only convinces the wife not to further pursue legal action, but also to reconcile with her rapist and remain a happy couple. Not great.
Those were the days! – Frank Reynolds
India going through this now…
Did they just send her home?
We’re not going back.
And now there is a whole show dedicated to cops catching rapist in New York
It’s weird to hear laugh tracks nowadays but this is the most awkward laugh track I’ve ever heard.
this is what people want to go back to when they pine for the “good old days”.
Disgusting.
I was reading about Eric Clapton today,he used to rape his wife Patty Boyd, which he apparently admitted to in ’99, hardly a ripple.
Thing of the past , I doubt it
Fucking rank
We look at this now and find it crazy people laughed at this. However prison rape jokes are still super common and accepted. Crazy that in 2024 we look the other way and even laugh at rape in any context. “Ha ha ha better not drop the soap” – like wtf…
Boomers in a nutshell.
go vote kids.