Comedians should not punch down, they should only punch up

Harry Potter fans criticise JK Rowling after author posts new ‘transphobic’ tweet https://t.co/Jl2Pxi3mPq

— The Independent (@Independent) December 13, 2021

Subsequently, long-time Harry Potter fans, many of whom are members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies, called the author out for implying that “real women aren’t rapists” and “punching down” at a historically marginalised community.

punch down このまえ見た熟語。

punch down

へええ。

(intransitive) To attack or target a group that is weaker or of lower status than oneself.

5. slang To make jokes at the expense of a person or group that is in a position of social, political, or economic weakness relative to oneself.

弱いものいじめして笑いを取るみたいな意味があるんだね。じゃあ、punch up はというと

3. slang To make jokes at the expense of a person or group that is in a stronger social, political, or economic position relative to oneself.

権力者をおちょくる、みたいな意味があるんだね。

 

There are no recorded cases of trans women actually assaulting anyone in bathrooms in the US. Other claims about supposedly large numbers of trans women predators are similarly flimsy. However, there is solid evidence that trans women are disproportionately victims of sexual violence. A 2015 survey of trans respondents found that 47 percent reported they had been sexually assaulted. And queer youth, including trans youth, are more than twice as likely to experience homelessness as their cisgender heterosexual peers. Girls who experience homelessness are twice as likely to have experienced sexual assault.

アメリカの場合だと、トランス女性がトイレで女性を襲った、という事例は皆無でトランス女性は加害者ではなく、むしろ性被害であり、また、ホームレスになりすいのもトランス女性・・・・そこで性的暴行の被害にあうのだ、と。 

トランス女性は加害者ではなく、被害者だ、と。

騒動の発端は、 

Police Scotland recently announced that they will record rapes based on the attacker’s gender identity.

スコットランドの警察は、性的加害者の性別を加害者の自認 による、とする、としたものだから、女性を強姦した加害者にチンコがついていても、加害者が自分は女性だと言えば、犯人は女性ということになるのけ！　みたいな感じのツイートしたら炎上しちゃったみたいだね。