masturbate,” he said with a gesture toward his groin. “I tried to watch a bit of it, and I decided I’d rather watch Louis C.K. Gervais also referred to the new phenomenon of “woke comedy,” where comics do not seek to offend anyone as they create instead a “safe space” for the audience. He argued people should not declare a joke offensive, but that “you gotta say you found it offensive,” because he contended feelings are personal. In his stand-up special Ricky Gervais: SuperNature, which debuted on Tuesday, Gervais cited today’s “woke, progressive times” as he discussed fellow comics and what is considered funny. TERF is an acronym for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist,” an ideology that excludes trans women as women. Shonda Rhimes Launches Two New DEI Initiatives With Netflix (Exclusive)