Why Theres Such a Long Cultural History of Jokes About Workplace Sexual Harassment

Published: Dec. 20, 2017, 7:37 p.m.

b'When Matt Lauer was fired last month, TMZ dug up a 2012 clip from the show Watch What Happens Live, in which Katie Couric told Andy Cohen that her then\\u2013co-host Lauer\\u2019s most annoying habit was \\u201che pinched me on the ass a lot.\\u201d Cohen and the audience laughed, and that was the end of it. How is it possible that we thought this was funny so recently? The answer is in our history.'