[zzze]

Assalamu alaykum

Humour 'comes from testosterone'

Men are naturally more comedic than women because of the male hormone testosterone, an expert claims.

Men make more gags than women and their jokes tend to be more aggressive, Professor Sam Shuster, of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, says.

The unicycling doctor observed how the genders reacted to his "amusing" hobby.

Women tended to make encouraging, praising comments, while men jeered. The most aggressive were young men, he told the British Medical Journal.

Previous findings have suggested women and men differ in how they use and appreciate humour.

Women tend to tell fewer jokes than men and male comedians outnumber female ones.

Aggressively funny

Research suggests men are more likely to use humour aggressively by making others the butt of the joke.

And aggression - generally considered to be a more masculine trait - has been linked by some to testosterone exposure in the womb.

Professor Shuster believes humour develops from aggression caused by male hormones.

He documented the reaction of over 400 individuals to his unicycling antics through the streets of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Almost half of people responded verbally - more being men. Very few of the women made comic or snide remarks, while 75% of the men attempted comedy - mostly shouting out "Lost your wheel?", for example.

Mocking and sneering

Often the men's comments were mocking and intended as a put-down. Young men in cars were particularly aggressive - they lowered their windows and shouted abusively.

This type of behaviour decreased among older men however, who tended to offer more admiring comments, much like the women.

"The idea that unicycling is intrinsically funny does not explain the findings," said Professor Shuster.

The simplest explanation, he says, is the effect of male hormones such as testosterone.

And initial aggressive intent seems to become channelled into a more subtle and sophisticated joke, so the aggression is hidden by wit, claims Professor Shuster.

Dr Nick Neave is a psychologist at the University of Northumbria who has been studying the physical, behavioural, and psychological effects of testosterone.

He suggested men might respond aggressively because they see the other unicycling man as a threat, attracting female attention away from themselves.

"This would be particularly challenging for young males entering the breeding market and thus it does not surprise me that their responses were the more threatening."

BBC NEWS | Health | Humour 'comes from testosterone'

hmmm...!

[wheelworks]

Hmmmm?

[zzze]

assalamu alayakum

arghhhh, is that the face u pull everytime ur equations don't add up?!

[wheelworks]

Originally Posted by zzze

assalamu alayakum

arghhhh, is that the face u pull everytime ur equations don't add up?!

Just seemed...appropriate

[jihaan]

I don't think it's a matter of being funny. Women just aren't usually as openly rude as men.

[IbnMardhiyah]

Originally Posted by jihaan

I don't think it's a matter of being funny. Women just aren't usually as openly rude as men.

Humor and rudeness are not mutually inclusive of each other.

[GOTFIVEONIT]

what do you mean funny? the way we talk? funny how? whats soo funny about it?

lemme understand this, were funny how like were a klown we amuse you? how do you mean were funny? how da hell are we funny? wth is soo funny about us? tell me??

[PhDGirl]

It was a silly study with no control. I can't believe that passed as science.

[Anderson]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

what do you mean funny? the way we talk? funny how? whats soo funny about it?

lemme understand this, were funny how like were a klown we amuse you? how do you mean were funny? how da hell are we funny? wth is soo funny about us? tell me??

No you're lame, she means funny as in the quality of being funny; not funny to look at, listen to, whiney middle-aged virgins etc.

And ditto PhDGirl, lets face it- Northumbria University is no Harvard, no offence to anyone studying there.

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by Anderson

No you're lame, she means funny as in the quality of being funny; not funny to look at, listen to, whiney middle-aged virgins etc.

And ditto PhDGirl, lets face it- Northumbria University is no Harvard, no offence to anyone studying there.

and your a moron who has never watched a classic like goodfellas

YouTube - Goodfellas:"Funny, How?" Scene

and since you insist on harrassing me with your lil tag line, why dont you answer the q i posed? you completely refuse to do so everytime i ask!

[riad19]

thats why real funny women are always lesbians

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by riad19

thats why real funny women are always lesbians

you think ellen degeneris is funny? i dont find anything funny about them, they are nothing more than a bunch of man-hating spouting feminazis.