>>149487163 (OP)In the early 2000s I think the Simpsons was in a rush to be more edgy, given the successes of Family Guy, American Dad, and particularly the character of Bender in Futurama.
That decade was also a time where nobody gave a shit about political correctness, so you could write a joke as off and tasteless as 'heheh usual men rape women, this woman rape man" and not have it cause any real outrage