The difference between men and women when it comes to humor, both as producers and consumers:
Female speakers laugh 127% more than their male audience VERSUS male speakers who laugh 7% less than their female audience.
Males are considered the leading humor producers; while females are the ones subjected to laughing.
The way that male and females differ in joking begins as early as the age of 6.
Which sex finds what funny:
Women typically don’t like crude humor: no eye-poking, head slamming humor. No “pull my finger.”
Women typically don’t tell jokes, they tell stories.
Women typically don’t enjoy humor that makes fun of others’ physical shortcomings. Men make fun of just about anything.
The basic difference is that males tend to use humor to compete with other men, while women tend to use humor to bond with others. Studies show that men often use more humor to jockey for position with other males when they are in the company of women.
When male and female strangers engaged in natural conversation, the degree to which a woman laughed while talking to a man is an indicator of her interest in dating him.
How much the woman laughed during this engagement can also predict the man's desire to date her.
To create humor takes intelligence, research shows the ability to create humor is related to intelligence.
Evolutionary, women were looking for intelligent partners because intelligence related to providing for mate and children.
- In personal ads, women are twice as likely as men to mention sense of humor when stating what they are looking for in a mate.
Overall, humor is a foundation in our lives. The way that we can portray laughter onto others cannot only benefit ourselves, but also the people we encounter on a daily basis.