Daniel Tosh's controversial response to a woman in a comedy club last weekend has forced stand-up comedy to talk about rape culture. It is an emotional topic, and a conversation my fellow comedians are not used to having. And it has led to many other controversies and conversations -- about who is defending whom, who is laughing at what, and whether some things are ever funny in the first place.

As a woman, I'm surprised to see such a widespread conversation about how we talk about rape. But as a comedian, I'm even more surprised. One of the crazier things about the shock surrounding the Tosh story is that, as a comedian, what he said is not all that shocking. It's the reaction itself that comedians are reacting to.  And the conversations that have come out of the reaction will inform how we talk about rape culture in the comedy community.

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