Does Louis CK deserve another chance?

[NobodyInParticular]

26. Louis CK did not physically assault nor verbally abuse any one woman

No question what Louis did was socially inappropriate and in poor taste. As to psychic damage done by action of one lone male masturbator to three women, there may be no question that the three felt the masturbator's behavior was insulting, but as with all insults the greater the number of the recipients the less intense the emotional pain tends to be. I seriously doubt that any one of several spectators of a masturbatory display by a single "jerk" would need sessions of psychotherapy to recover from the trauma.

As to the taboo against masturbation Louie in his stage appearances as well as series episodes has been an ongoing supporter for the social acceptance of masturbation. Perhaps he did not know or had forgotten that the mere suggestion of masturbation [let's not forget the more socially acceptable terms "self-abuse/gratification"] ended the career of Clinton's surgeon general, Jocelyn Elders when she mentioned masturbation as an alternative to other forms of safe sex.

Bringing sex into comedy or comedy into sex has always been risky. Let's not forget when way, way back in the early twentieth century Mae West asked a guy, "Is that a pickle in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"