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Popular Science ^ | July, 2006 | Per Study of Eric Bressler and Sigal Balshine

[sully777]

From the OFST Education FIles: Subgroup The Sexes and Silliness and Sex

Women Like Funny Men


Women Like Funny Men--The Study: “The influence of humor on desirability,” Evolution and Human Behavior, Jan. 2006

The Findings: Psychologists Eric Bressler and Sigal Balshine enlisted 210 undergraduate psychology students at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, to consider, for class credit, photographs of campus peers. Each photo was paired with a remark that was ostensibly funny (“My high school was so rough, we had our own coroner”) or ostensibly dull (“I like having friends over for dinner”). Women found the “funny” men most desirable, and a follow-up study showed that men preferred women who were receptive to their jokes.

Why Bother? The scientists acknowledged in their paper the well-established observation that “humor is . . . more readily appreciated in the presence of others” but wondered why it is that women prefer funny guys. Could the phenomenon be a matter of Darwinian survival? The lead scientist declined an interview, but the paper suggests that studies like it further our understanding of evolution by pinpointing which human traits might confer survival advantages. One theory is that men may “produce humor more” to help “monopolize the reproductive potential of more than one woman,” a.k.a. to spread their genes.

For the abstract click here Original study abstract
Evolution and Human Behavior Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 29-39

[sully777]

The study explains a lot when you consider the overall appearance of most male comics...

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[sully777]

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[sully777]

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Sir Galahad under the care of Drs. Piglet and Winston, with Zoot attending

[sully777]

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[sully777]

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[Watery Tart]

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[Izzy Dunne]

Bush singing "Sunday, Bloody Sunday".

[fredhead]

The study explains a lot when you consider the overall appearance of most male comics... You forgot these guys..... Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, Jaff Foxworthy, and Ron White GIT-R-DONE!!!!

[fredhead]

Up a little early this morning and thought I'd check in from home. May be my last OFST for a while if funding doesn't arrive for my contract.

[beyond the sea]

From the old Hollywood Squares:

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?

A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.

[GregB]

Looks like france celebrating another surrender!!!!!

[Larry Lucido]

Well, for those of us without looks or money, I guess it's a good thing we can crack a joke or we'd never get laid.

[L.N. Smithee]

One theory is that men may “produce humor more” to help “monopolize the reproductive potential of more than one woman,” a.k.a. to spread their genes.

a.k.a. to get the jeans off the women, and get them to spread.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

[L.N. Smithee]

It all comes down to this: There is only purely natural thing the human body likes better than laughter.

Yeah. That.

Think of humor as a gateway endorphin releaser.

[rockabyebaby]

Hot diggity dog!! In the top 20!1 Woooohooooo, happy Friday!

[bwteim]

LOL! Good morning and thanks for ping, sully.

[pax_et_bonum]

I'm saluting!

I'm saluting!

[Chanticleer]

Women prefer funny men because people who laugh are healthier and tend to be less violent.... (OK, I made that up, but it seems reasonable.)

Or maybe it's because if you're going to live a long time with someone, you'd better be able to laugh.

Or that looks fade but funny endures....

George Burns -- the guy was a hottie!