RonBoyd
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- Why do women love to cook for their men?
You left out "real."
- Why do women love to cook for their men?
I surely could understand that. Being around Joan Rivers--who has to be always "on"--would be somewhat boring/tiring after awhile.
Kevin Pollack has done very well for himself, because I knew who he was off the top of my head. He always seems like a nice guy in general to me. I gather he was...nice.
You left out "real."
Frankly, I find the whole question sexist and silly. Gee, let's drag out the other stereotypes:
- Why do all men love scratching themselves and killing things?
- Why do women love to cook for their men?
- Why are men so bad at raising kids?
- Why do women take so long to get ready to go out for an evening?
I have never considered whether men like women who are funny(or not). I would say most people like others with a sense of humor if they come across in a nice way. Some female comediennes that I like are Tracey Ullmann, Julie Kavner, and Joy Behar. I knew that the latter was on The View(which I have only watched snippets of), but I did not know until recently(when I saw her interviewed) that she started a stand up comedy routine at age 40, after her divorce. Prior to that, she was an English teacher. She grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in an Italian family and is very "New York" in her delivery. I saw her evening show "The Joy Behar Show" a few times. She has commentary about various events of the day and also special guests. She is funny and very appealing. I was also shocked to learn she was 67. She looks at least 15 years younger.
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I have met Joan Rivers when I was pregnant and huge (they thought I was having twins but just one big 10 lb. whopper). She's pretty over-the-top in person just like she is on tv. I'll bet she's had to take alot of guff from folks not being able to "handle" her over the years...mighty tough babe now I'm sure to survive like she has all these years.
I've had a few funny lovers in my time.........
A hint from me....laughter from a woman afterwards is fine. Laughter from a woman during....not so good.For me, usually they just laughed afterwards...
A hint from me....laughter from a woman afterwards is fine. Laughter from a woman during....not so good.
During or after...ummm....reading my post....You crack me up...
Frankly, I find the whole question sexist and silly. Gee, let's drag out the other stereotypes:
- Why do all men love scratching themselves and killing things?
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My husband's scratching skills are very useful when it comes to areas that I cannot easily reach,
A hint from me....laughter from a woman afterwards is fine. Laughter from a woman during....not so good.
Or places you can but prefer not to?
From the linked article:Just sitting here and thought, "I wonder if there is anything on Google about this subject," so I punched it into Google and lo and behold! Pages on this subject, so guess I am not the only one wondering why men don't like funny women in general:
men don't like funny women - Google Search
I think to the extent this is true, it's largely because in my experience, many female stand-up comedians (comediennes, if you prefer) draw a lot more from gender-specific subjects than the men do. It's pretty common for a woman doing stand-up to specifically talk about the experience of being a woman, and that's really not something the male audience can relate to -- and thus not as likely to find it funny."One of the reasons why men don't like female comedians may be that humour is seen as a masculine thing," he said.
Why do men consider funny women threatening? I never understood this and figured our intelligent men on this board could shed some light on this.
And how could a funny woman threaten a man? Would the man be afraid that the woman could castrate him with a one-liner? Or she would use him as the butt of some of her jokes?
I'd make a distinction between a woman with a sense of humor and a comedienne. A sense of humor is very attractive to me (one of DW's great attributes), especially in a long-term relationship. Comediennes, OTOH, are usually very over-the-top sorts of people who would be just "too much" over time.
Orchidflower, if you're a fan of females in comedy, I highly recommend an interview with Phyllis Diller that Terry Gross did on her NPR show "Fresh Air". I think it was done in the '90s, and I heard a rebroadcast of it recently and really enjoyed it. PD knows her trade very well and gave a great interview about her business (how to build a joke, how many punch lines after a set-up, etc) and the life of a professional funny woman. I couldn't find a free copy of the podcast, but it is available here for purchase ($7.50) as part of Gross's interviews with comedians.
(Note, I have no commercial linkage with NPR and will not benefit from sales of this material. I do like Terry Gross!)
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