Do men and women have a different sense of humour? Page 2

I can only say as I see. I like to watch Spaced, Psychoville, League Of Gents, Red Dwarf. The missus likes to watch Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, French and Saunders etc.

So my comedy bias is most definitely towards the male end of the spectrum and my missus vice versa. That's not to say I can't watch an episode of Desperate Housewives without enjoying it, or that my wife rules out watching TLOG, but by and large she's much more at home watching female-driven comedy or comedy that focuses more on relationships. Whereas I get off on grotesques and more hard-nosed stuff.

I'm not sure I buy into the whole "women and men enjoy different kinds of comedy because they're conditioned by society" argument. It's been proven that men and women are emotionally-wired differently from birth. There's a really interesting part of the brain (or two parts of the brain, on either side) called the amygdala, which has a big say in our control over emotions. It was found that men and women are wired exactly oppositely. In men, the right amygdala is much more active than the left, and in women, the opposite is true.

Of course this can't be seen as absolute proof of the reason why more women than men enjoy movies with Jennifer Aniston in, or why more men favour movies directed by Tarantino, but the fact that men and women are emotionally fundamentally different surely can't be denied.

And thank f**k for that, otherwise it'd be like shagging your best mate.

Quote: Mr Snodworthy @ February 22 2010, 2:31 AM GMT

I can only say as I see. I like to watch Spaced, Psychoville, League Of Gents, Red Dwarf. The missus likes to watch Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, French and Saunders etc.

So my comedy bias is most definitely towards the male end of the spectrum and my missus vice versa.

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So your missus likes the spectrum end of the male then.

Quote: Mr Snodworthy @ February 22 2010, 2:31 AM GMT

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That's not to say I can't watch an episode of Desperate Housewives without enjoying it, or that my wife rules out watching TLOG, but by and large she's much more at home watching female-driven comedy or comedy that focuses more on relationships. Whereas I get off on grotesques and more hard-nosed stuff.

I'm not sure I buy into the whole "women and men enjoy different kinds of comedy because they're conditioned by society" argument. It's been proven that men and women are emotionally-wired differently from birth. There's a really interesting part of the brain (or two parts of the brain, on either side) called the amygdala, which has a big say in our control over emotions. It was found that men and women are wired exactly oppositely. In men, the right amygdala is much more active than the left, and in women, the opposite is true.

Of course this can't be seen as absolute proof of the reason why more women than men enjoy movies with Jennifer Aniston in, or why more men favour movies directed by Tarantino, but the fact that men and women are emotionally fundamentally different surely can't be denied.

And thank f**k for that, otherwise it'd be like shagging your best mate.

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I like Desperate Housewives too - the TV programme that is - but it's more of a ccomedy drama than sitcom.

One of my favourite TV programmes was Cold Feet which was a bit girly but I suppose that sums me up really.

I find myself and my significant other (yes, a woman) both like American comedy such as Two and a Half Men but British comedy leaves her as cold as my attempt to interest her in certain fantasies I have suggested.

I can only speak from my own observations but a lot of ladies seem to be offended easier than chaps (having obviously higher standards).

Like anything it depends. There's plenty of (both) men and women without a sense of humour. I have noticed that at stand-up shows it tends to be women - or rather a woman - who will be offended, if anyone. But this might be because a man wouldn't let their offence show.

I have a pretty broad sense of humour. I find myself laughing at a lot of stuff and I don't necessarily avoid chick flicks or Dane Cook just because I am not supposed to like them. And my wife likes 'Spaced' and 'Its always Sunny in Philadelphia' so I don't think that what makes men and women laugh is all that different. I do think that humour manifests itself in men and women differently, though.

Who is Dane Cook?

I think men and women can laugh at the same things but more often than not men seem to get sillier surreal comedy more than women. I know some women get this type of humour aswell but I think on average a higher percentage of men would get say the sillier more surreal Python sketches than women or shows like 'The Mighty Boosh'* or Garth Marenghis Darkplace.

*Obviously in the Booshs case I'm leaving out the girls who watch it because they fancy Noel Fielding.

I've said this before but alot of it boils down to how women - and probably men - want to appear to the opposite sex. I think many women are worried about seeming unfeminine, etc infront of men. Spending the age of 12 to 18 in an all girl school I saw plenty of girls who acted silly, who found all sorts of things funny and were very crude. I doubt many of them would have behaved in such a way infront of the boys though.

What about the ones that fancy Julian Barratt?

Quote: zooo @ February 22 2010, 3:25 PM GMT

What about the ones that fancy Julian Barratt?

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Well Julia Davis is busy with her own career.

Haha!

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Yeah, I've been lying about liking Frankie Boyle for years... :/

I would definitely smile about a cute kitten, certainly not a baby. Don't think I'd laugh though. But a cute kitty makes me happy, yes.

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I've found myself laughing more at babies/toddlers since my nephew was born 3-and-a-half years ago. Before that, not only did I not really laugh at babies, but I was quite awkward around them. This was because I'd always been the youngest in my family, including cousins, so I'd had absolutely no experience of being around really young kids.

Would you really say Spaced and League of Gentlemen were male-centric?

I would have said those two were unisex.

As for not like surreal stuff - Monty Python's pretty popular across the sexes isn't it? Have I got a skewed perspective here? Maybe I'm hanging around with a very specific type of woman...

Though, I tell you what I like that most women don't seem to and a lot of men do - "Jam".

I both like Jam and have boobies.