I would phrase it, "If everyone's humor had to be bland Disney G-rated fare, then a lot of fun would have been sucked out of our work environment."
For the people on the other side of the joke, it's not fun. From what Katie Cunningham writes, it's so unbearable that she's on the verge of leaving the profession she loves.
With that understanding of the situation, sexist jokes lose their humor, at least for me.
Where did I defend sexist humor?
I think that Katie Cunningham is putting up with some nonsense and she should take direct action.
My question to Katie was just regarding the line between humor and offense and how she drew a distinction?
She apparently didn't get offended and answered me quite frankly. There's really no need for you to jump in and mischaracterize my position.
Lots of white knights in this thread that she doesn't really seem to need to take care of her.
This is the line that made me think you were defending sexist humor: "I would be sad if my relationship with my coworkers couldn't handle, let alone thrive upon, humorous interactions."
Maybe you meant non-sexist humor that erroneously came across as sexist?
I'm so sure you are going to come back with some "blah blah politically correct blah blah" disingenuity, I will adress it now: No, it's not all about PC and rules and whatnot, it's about genuine respect. Making comments and jokes centered on a person which aren't about that person, but about their membership in a class is generally not cool. It's called othering (and sometimes objectification). Othering is exclusionary, and a good joke for the target (but sometimes a good joke to the in-crowd, it solidifies their superiority!). Basically most jokes are OK, if they don't hinge on "and that's why that group is inferior and different from us".