Sex Education The Role Of Humor, Social Justice, By...

Sex Education Have there been any moments in your life when people have been too afraid to educate younger children on sex education? According to John Oliver’s video, â€Å" Sex Education: Last Week Tonight,† Parents around the world are outraged by their children learning about sex- which is something natural. In John Oliver’s video, he satirizes parents exasperation towards the educational system teaching their children about sex. By doing this, he allows his audience to rethink and analyze the subject at hand. Similarly, in the article, â€Å"Comedy and Democracy: The Role of Humor in Social Justice,† written by Nancy Goldman discusses how American society utilizes humor through satire with other types of humor in order to start a conversation†¦show more content†¦Parents should be worried about these factors so therefore their children can always be prepared for situations. Oliver uses satire throughout this video by using sarcasm. For instance, he uses th e words no screwing around and he uses it as acronyms such as â€Å"No One Should Copulate Regularly, Except Wedded Individuals. Now, A Reach - around Occasionally Ultimately Not Disastrous† (7:20-7:30) Sarcasm is being demonstrated because the words are being used as acronyms. He is joking around with the given word and making his acronyms from the phrase â€Å" No Screwing Around†, this is funny because he is saying that nobody should have sexual intercouse unless oneself is married which he is being sarcastic because sex just comes naturally. In other words, Goldman states, â€Å" While most of us agree that we enjoy humor, it is much more difficult to agree on what is humorous† (Goldman 90). This is true because when using sarcasm, some people are too oblvious to see that people are being sarcastic and they are taking the joke way too seriously. Additionally, John Oliver demonstrates satire throughout this situation comparing it to a square pizza and a boy coming back from vacation with a grown mustache. This is absurd because he makes fun of the boy saying how his mustache looks like a ghost and how it fell of his face, although, he seemed to be very proudShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesPearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written request to Pearson Education, Inc