Funny women not attractive?
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news.com.au said:
Making laugh a matter of sex
www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17987134-2,00.html
By Emily Cook in London
January 31, 2006
A GLANCE at any personal ads column shows the importance of a GSOH - a good sense of humour.
But it seems that laughter does not work the same way for both sexes.
While women admit regularly being drawn to men who can make them laugh, men find funny women a turn-off.
Psychologists reached this conclusion after studying the dating behaviour of hundreds of twentysomethings.
The research showed that men feel threatened by wise-cracking women, Dr Rod Martin, who led the study at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, said.
"Men see being funny as a male thing," he said. "When forced to choose between humour production and humour appreciation in potential partners, women valued humour production. Men valued receptivity to their own humour."
The survey results came as no surprise to Meera Syal, who cowrote and starred in the BBC television comedy Goodness Gracious Me.
"The idea that men are more interested in having an audience rather than sharing banter doesn't really surprise me," said the 44-year-old, who is married to Sanjeev Bhaskar, her co-star in another BBC comedy, The Kumars at No. 42.
"Women see men with a sense of humour as dangerous and sexy, while men see it as threatening," she said.
Oriane Messina, of BBC Radio Four's Bearded Ladies, said: "I can't say I've laughed a man into bed, whereas I know plenty of men who have laughed a woman into bed."
Daily Mail, London, in The Courier Mail
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jessica said:
So I typed in "Comedy Actress" to google. What do you think I found?
She's not exactly been beaten around the head with the ugly stick now has she?
well she's pretty but she aint that funny I am afraid..
Have to agree, although the writers from Friends are funny.
Perhaps the initial article doesnt make the right distinction.
Take Jo Brand (for example). She can be extremely funny and I'm sure she has a lovely personality, but attractive? I dont think so. Sorry Jo.
Now an attractive woman who is ALSO funny? Yes please
Personality and humour are definitely the icing on the cake (and I couldnt consider a relationship without them) but the issue of whether or not someone is attractive is perhaps more to do with their appearance than their humour.
It was the DDs that caught my eye when I met my girlfriend, but it was her personality that made sure I was more than carnally interested.
Sounds terribly shallow doesnt it? Most guys (and girls) are like that to a degree. Sure personality and humour are what we fall in love with, but I've never seen a guy decide to go chat to a girl in a club on the grounds that she "looked funny".
Take Jo Brand (for example). She can be extremely funny and I'm sure she has a lovely personality, but attractive? I dont think so. Sorry Jo.
Now an attractive woman who is ALSO funny? Yes please
Personality and humour are definitely the icing on the cake (and I couldnt consider a relationship without them) but the issue of whether or not someone is attractive is perhaps more to do with their appearance than their humour. It was the DDs that caught my eye when I met my girlfriend, but it was her personality that made sure I was more than carnally interested.
Sounds terribly shallow doesnt it? Most guys (and girls) are like that to a degree. Sure personality and humour are what we fall in love with, but I've never seen a guy decide to go chat to a girl in a club on the grounds that she "looked funny".
jessica said:
well she's pretty but she aint that funny I am afraid..
Matter of opinion. Personally I wouldn't consider watching an episode of "Friends". Just not my thing.
But she got paid more than any other "Comedy Actress" ever to make shows. A cool $1m a show by repute.
So was "Friends" funny? Was she "funny" in it? Millions of people thought so.
So who's laughing? I'd say she is...all the way to the bank.
TheLemming said:
Sure personality and humour are what we fall in love with, but I've never seen a guy decide to go chat to a girl in a club on the grounds that she "looked funny".
I think old Nervy had it right. Basically we blokes like tits. If they happen to be attached to someone with a great sense of humour and a warm loving personality that's a real bonus. But we could probably make do with the tits.
I completely love my wife. She's a very funny person. Errrm. "Hubba hubba".
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