Why "Sex with Your Mom" Jokes Used to Be More Offensive (NSFW)

Here's one of my more eccentric theories and many of you may have already heard me present it in NSFW conversation. Why "Sex with Your Mom" Jokes Used to Be More Offensive... Don't get me wrong. I love a good "your mamma" joke. Nevertheless, I think we can all agree that, back in the day (especially before 1950s), making reference to having sex with somebody's mother (or sister or daughter) was maximally offensive and virtually "fighting words". Whereas today it's not nearly as big of deal. One could validly argue that's due to America's "ever decaying morals" and the world's "continual descent into prurient hedonism". But I have a different explanation. It is provocative and, as yet, unsubstantiated. Even so, I think it's worth posting. Especially back before the 1950s, they didn't even really have the concept of "date rape" or "marital rape". Plus, there wasn't a culture promoting "sexually satisfying a woman". It took the "sexual revolution" and decades of books & TV shows about sex for the culture to advance to the point where unselfishly, sensitively satisfying a woman was a good thing. With that in perspective, most especially before the 1950s, it is therefore necessary to conclude that sex was normally much less fun for the woman. It is less provable but still my theory that it was culturally acceptable, back then, for guys to often be brutally selfish, even violent (e.g. How many movies had a hero slapping a woman back then compared to today?). So if you're a man back then (who by modern standards would be validly considered a detestable, violent, date-raper) and someone mocks you by referencing having sex with your mother (or sister or daughter) of course you would feel maximally offended because you would want no such act perpetrated on the women in your family. Similarly, if you were a mother back then, of course you would warn your daughter not to have sex before marriage. Heck, you might even encourage a life as a nun! Contrast that with 2011, where sex is now supposed to be fun for all involved and selfish behavior is culturally discouraged (not to mention the thankfully widespread, valid public support for comparatively recent laws outlawing violent behavior that would have been tolerated if not encouraged back then). Sure, there are still reasonable taboos that make "sex with your mamma..." jokes dangerous enough to enhance the comedy and increase the NSFW warnings. But generally you want everyone you know to have a full life which normally includes sex. It's still gross and creepy to consider when you're hit with such a joke. But it's no longer a culturally acceptable reason to kill someone. With that earnest attempt at "gender studies" scholarship established, here are a few of my current favorite "sex with your mamma" bits of comedy: 1) You're mamma is such a whore that when she blows me for free I have to declare it as income. (Yes, that's my slightly rewritten version of the joke I recently wrote as if I was roasting Charlie Sheen). 2) SNL's *NSFW* music video "Mother Lover" (censored link). Here's the UNCENSORED version: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/digital-short-motherlover-uncensored/1103443/ http://www.hulu.com/watch/73123/saturday-night-live-snl-digital-short-motherlover-uncensored 3) Ray William Johnson's NSFW music video "Doin' Your Mom": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfYyBp4Ln2s Comment here if you think I should re-post without those comedy links. .