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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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There's an illusion that men are funnier than women because there are a larger number of good male comedians than female.
This an illusion because the truth is that follows;
Humour is so subjective that most people will only find a relative small selection of ALL comedians genuinely laugh-out-loud funny.
There is a MUCH LARGER NUMBER of male professional comedians than female... This has nothing to do with how many are "good"... Just how many have tried to go down that path. Thus, there is likely to be a larger flat number of male comedians you'll find funny than female. You've just forgotten about all of the woefully unfunny guff.
If you actually want to compare genders you'd need to compare like-for-like. I personally would say I find about 1 in 5 comedians genuinely funny, and that applies to both males and females. I've seen a lot more male comedians than female, so if you asked me to list, it's look like I "find men funnier", but it's actually not how the numbers stack up. There are just fewer female comedians to choose from.
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