Men get laid, but women get screwed.

In Crisp’s epigrammatic, barbed style, the line plays on the sexual double-meanings of “get laid” and “get screwed” to contrast how heterosexual culture often frames men’s sexual experiences as a casual “win,” while women’s are more likely to be narrated as coercive, costly, or socially punitive. The joke hinges on asymmetry: the same act can be celebrated for men yet experienced (or judged) as exploitation for women. As with much of Crisp’s wit, the humor is a vehicle for social critique—highlighting gendered power dynamics, reputational risk, and the way language itself encodes unequal expectations about sex.