Most women do love a man who can make them laugh. There is a lot of power and intelligence in good humour and these are attractive qualities in anyone. Although recent research shows that, the majority of men find funny women a turn-off. Why would that be you might wonder  this may come as no surprise, but as with most things men object to about women it is because they feel intimidated and undermined if they are in the company of a humorous lady.

The study was recently published in the scientific Journal Evolution and Human Behavior. Hundreds of men were question by academics about their turnoffs and the overall conclusion was that they don’t fancy funny women. When they cited a sense of humour as a plus in their partners, they meant someone who is willing to laugh at their jokes as opposed to making funny wisecracks herself.
So humour along with just about everything else is seen as a man’s domain. Men use humour as a tool to attract what and whom they want and as a defense mechanism to hide from dealing with their emotions. If people laugh at a man’s joke, it is the most vital ego booster for them.

Rod martin, who is a psychologist with the University of Western Ontario, led the research and said of his finding: “When forced to choose between humour production and humour appreciation in potential partners, women valued humour production, whereas men valued receptivity to their own humour”
In other words, women like to be with a man who can make them laugh and men like to be with a woman who laughs at their jokes. How accurate is that. And thinking about the men whom I consider humorous, they all have a natural talent at laughing raucously at their own jokes, which, of course, encourages whoever is listening to laugh along. Laughter is contagious but that don’t always mean the joke was.

The difference between men and women’s humour is how it is delivered and the situations where men and woman’s humour naturally thrive. In a group situation men traditionally hold the floor and initiate the one-liners. Men pride themselves on being able to stage a joke and punch line well. Personally, l has always found this situation contrived and can’t remember ever finding the typical joke-telling guy entertaining. Another annoyance is when men take turns in telling funning stories the whole nightlong, which usually starts with someone being demoralized and the storyteller coming on top. Sometimes they can be funny but generally, if you’ve heard one bloke’s story you’ve heard them all.

Men use humour to dominate, to control and to hold onto power. Women perceive it as something to be shared and bring some light relief from life’s woes. Women are naturally funny rather than the process having to be a big ego staged event or forced product. I can’t stand people who make a point of always being humorous in that way.

Because men link humour to dominance and power they will put themselves in the grueling situation of standing up in front of an audience attempting to be funny, thus secure attention and adulation, and ultimately power. Most people that do stand up comedy are not very funny but when they are it’s a great  ego feeder for them.

I think there are less female stand-up comedians than male because woman care more about other people’s feelings.

So ladies, be funny at your own risk, apparently it’s a man’s domain, a masculine thing. Go on have a laugh but remember you may be called an ugly name. “Men think if you are outrageous on stage then you are going to be really