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May 27, 2009 2:45:55 PM cite

Why are women not as witty as men?... If indeed they aren't? (they're definitely not)

by behappy

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Oct 5, 2009 7:30:15 PM cite

Here is my newest bilingual philosophy book.
Thoughts Upon A Conscience/Pensamientos Sobre Una Consciencia -

by Gonarthouse

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Jun 25, 2009 12:20:14 PM cite

I think that you are very wrong. I am a woman and I wrote this free Bilingual Philosophy Book which I am distributing. If many women are dumb it's because they have been brainwashed by modern media to think that the main quality in a woman is her body. Una Tapicería De Pensamientos on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/16715330/A-Tapestry-of-ThoughtsUna-Tapiceria-De-Pensamientos-" >A Tapestry of Thoughts/Una Tapicería De Pensamientos

by Gonarthouse

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Jun 24, 2009 3:34:42 PM cite

Women are seen as less witty because we live in a male dominated world. They are in fact as funny, but less arrogant about the matter.

by Rocksteady

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Jun 3, 2009 5:40:48 PM cite

behappy, i defy you to name a single man, living or dead, who was as witty as Dorothy Parker. http://www.dorothyparker.com/dotlinks.htm

by zotlynn

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Some are funny, some are not.

Jun 4, 2009 12:15:39 AM cite

Though I have not had the pleasure of reading or hearing any of Dorthy Parker's work I have heard of her. I would submit Robin Williams, Red Skelton, and Victor Borge as potential equals in witt. From zotlynn's list I agree that they were very funny except for Margaret Cho, and Ellen Degeneres, who I did not find humorous from the very start of their career. Can you point me to some of Dorthy Parker's work that is easy to find?

by thedoc

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lets count

Jun 3, 2009 8:55:22 PM cite

I do agree there are millions of funny women out there (I just wiki quoted Dorothy Parker - very funny!) Check out Maureen Lipman too. I just genuinely think men are funnier, wittier and better comedians and I will stand by my unproven, biased, somewhat sexist generalisation until my experience of comedians, friends and colleagues tells me otherwise. Perhaps it's that the language in which witticisms operate lends itself to the male mindset more than the female?

by behappy

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Jun 3, 2009 8:34:25 PM cite

Larry David?

by April

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Jun 2, 2009 10:48:28 PM cite

There seem to be more male comedians than female.

by April

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Jun 2, 2009 8:46:22 AM cite

women and men are different both biologically and culturally speaking. I fyou speak the men language you would be more likely to appreciate men's humour, while if you are a woman you would be likely to understand also female humor, which actually exists. But it is also true that in many cultures women are taught and treated with very little irony with respect with men, and as a resul they are less self confident and ironic

by Svampie

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Jun 2, 2009 8:20:13 AM cite

Oh, women are every bit as witty as men, just with less need to take credit.

by zotlynn

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May 30, 2009 4:01:19 AM cite

bully go away

by Samsara

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May 28, 2009 3:15:28 AM cite

Oh, very clever anonymity, you could be either gender so he won’t attack you. Wish I thought of that, so you must be a man.

by Samsara

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May 27, 2009 7:11:13 PM cite

It is possible that you are confusing ability, as in being witty or funny, with opportunity. In a male dominated society men are better able to express their talents, and in some societies women are subjugated and not allowed to express themselves. Given a free and equal social order, women can be just a humorous and witty as men.

by thedoc

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