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Notes Guys are funnier than girls | The Daily Get Up“The reason that there are so few women comics is that so few women can bear being laughed at.” -Anna Russell
After much pondering, which mostly involved fishing for a culprit for this clear injustice, I submit the following hypothesis: From a young age, expectations for the behavior of boys vs. girls differ drastically. These expectations stem from the distinct ways boys and girls spend their time.
More often than not, boys find outlets in sports, action figurines, toy cars, and rough-housing while girls play with dolls, experiment with mom’s makeup, role-play (who else played a lot of school?), and do arts and crafts. Yes, I know there are exceptions. But let’s be honest. Most girls are playing dress up or arranging stuffed animals while boys are farting in each others’ faces and practicing WWF wrestling moves.
Why? Because if boys and girls played together, the boys would end up ridiculing or hurting the girls until they cry.
Why? Because girls’ feelings are as fragile as mom’s nicest set of china. Most women remain sensitive their entire lives while men have the enviable ability to brush things off/laugh at themselves/not hold grudges. Which leads me back to the world of comedy: if you can’t take it, you can’t dish it out…
The rest of us girls rarely have this ability unless born with a little extra testosterone (i.e. Ellen and Rosie). Consequently, we find ourselves vulnerable and the butt of many punch lines in movies, stand up and television.
Girls cry. Boys fart. Lesbians have more testosterone. It’s science.
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