tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204080274406469.post3205860937857739380..comments2023-05-27T01:23:41.984-07:00Comments on Barbaric Poetries: Can Women be Funny?christopher lirettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07995726854485863726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204080274406469.post-71114348556037074492012-02-17T09:14:16.493-08:002012-02-17T09:14:16.493-08:00Also, consider the material used by male comedians...Also, consider the material used by male comedians. Much of it is vulgar, and if their bodies are not traditionally what society would call "beautiful," much of it is also at their own expense. This is considered funny by the masses. I can't speak for all of us, but as far as my interests go, I'm not trying to listen to women talk about (it's difficult to merely type this without cringing) pooping, peeing, farting, burping, screwing, cussing, etc. Especially if that woman is obese. Granted, guys joking on these subjects isn't ideal for my sense of humor as well, but men have much more societal leeway on this front. When watching girls, I want to believe they're beautiful, inside and out, and behind closed doors. Vulgarity is simply not welcome. This may be a sexist fault on my part, but it's simply how I've been conditioned by the environment that raised me. Men are funnier because they have a larger area to pull material from, because they're already expected to be vulgar, and because the societal pressures to have a hot bod are not as great as they are with women.xoxo,GossipGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309693393409955130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204080274406469.post-41090594217164647722012-02-11T12:24:02.496-08:002012-02-11T12:24:02.496-08:00I do believe that there are different standards fo...I do believe that there are different standards for men and women in society and in comedic roles. However, I think that there are many exceptions to your argument. In television, some women play comedic roles but are not portrayed as sexy, such as Mayim Bialik as a nerdy and socially unaware character on the Big Bang Theory. Even in Bridesmaids, the character played by Melissa McCarthy is not particularly feminine like some other characters. Another female character who has a comedic role though is not portrayed as an object of desire is Etta Candy from the first issue of Wonder Woman we read. Instead, jokes are made at the expense of her weight, showing that it is not necessary for characters to be skinny or glamorized to be funny.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399866241295398105noreply@blogger.com