humour of the sexes
About a week ago I posted a video clip of a high-tech, state of the art, pregnancy test. I then went on to call it a ridiculous mismatch (of male humour aimed at female buyers). This got me thinking about the difference between male and female humour.
As a man (most days), I feel privileged. I get to make an ass of myself and somewhere in the world, a dude will laugh. When people get hit in the nuts, we cry a tiny tear of joy (and wince a little too). When my friends and I get rejected by women, we allow ten minutes of post-rejection comedic relief situation analysis. We’re convinced that words like ‘thespian‘ were conceived in a comedic incubator to make some of us look smart and the rest of us yell out ‘Where!!?’. Then we laugh at the guy who said ‘incubator’ because it sounds a lot like… well, basically we laugh because, in many ways, we are still boys who chase girls around the jungle gym.
The humour in a man’s life is a Family Guy episode. When Peter breaks into a tangent, “A party couldn’t be any better if Jesus himself showed up,” I laugh. It’s so simple, it’s sooooo simple… I can’t stop laughing because it’s so… simple. How else can you explain that we allow movies like ‘Dude, Where’s My Car?’ to get made? Guys laugh a lot - it’s a fact. We have no real agenda other than to work and play and work and play. Women on the other hand, have an agenda.
Women find humour in things that disrupt “the agenda”. If someone was on their way to the grocery store to buy tomatoes and instead bought razor blades - that would be a humourous event. The cult-like movie ‘Mean Girls‘ is all about secret agendas and game-playing.
The real kicker in the world of female humour, is being flustered. Just the word ‘flustered’ reminds me of the women in my life. Think about every favourite female character that’s ever grazed a screen (big or little) - Meredith on Grey’s Anatomy… flustered over two men, McSteamy and McDreamy (no really, she named her flustations). Paris Hilton… flustered her way to the pen. Julia Roberts in My Best Friend’s Wedding… more flustered than the gay guy she hangs out with. Kate Hudson in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days… flustered (even if she was just pretending). J-Lo… shhhhh, she might be listening.
Flustered is the ultimate disruption of the female agenda. It’s like watching a robot, programmed with abilities and emotions, getting water poured all over it’s circuitry. The difference between men and women lies therein - we (men) walk around all day willingly flustered, clueless and shortcircuiting. Women walk around composed and with a purpose - when they fluster, their girlfriends laugh because they’ve become the very thing they laugh at most often… men.
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Love the witty outlook on the male VS female humour!
I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t strolling around without being completely oblivious to life and open to whatever the heck could happen next. ‘Word up’ to Seinfeld in that sense.
Women everywhere: we’re on to you.
Amen! I have to admit, I chuckled for a second after reading “thespian”, and the follow-up punch-line was golden.
I think you’ve hit the mark when you said “we (men) walk around all day willingly flustered, clueless and shortcircuiting”. It’s not that we’re oblivious.. it’s simply that we don’t care (as much, anyway).
It’s funny that being in a relationship can sometimes force you to build an agenda of your own. Mine consists solely of making sure that hers is fulfilled (usually by easing the fluster-ation).
Interesting article!
Where can I find more on this theme?
MalkEvange - I would suggest you just take note of what makes people laugh… I can’t claim this as absolute truth but from my experiences it’s pretty accurate (and funny too!).