Why Men Are More Jocular?
The Old Myth: Why Men Are More Jocular?
The notion of literature on gender and language has expanded substantially over the last few decades. A number of researchers confirm that considerable gender differences in the use of language between men and women exist. "Humor" is one of the fields that researchers investigate significant linguistic differences between genders. In the modern world, both males and females have specific humor dynamics and according to the researchers, they indicate them in different ways. Therefore, what are the remarkable reasons that men are more jocular than women? One of the major reasons why men are more jocular than women is that men use a sense of humor for their …show more content…
Males usually make offensive jokes and degrading comments more than females do in order to feel more superior. In the modern society, offensive and rudely funny anecdotes look more attractive to the majority of the people. This arrogant behavior is a kind of men’s own way to indicate themselves as leaders and flatter their egos. According to the researchers, in most cases, men prefer sexist jokes more than women do (Brodzinsky et al. 1981) and this leads to women’s disapproval in their senses of humor (Smelze &Leap 1988, Romero & Cruthirds, 2006). Also, men approve their own jokes, tell them among their friends and enjoy them (Decker & Rotondo, 2001), however, they can not realize offensiveness and rudeness in them. Moreover, in today’s world, men’s sexual humor is not criticized adequately, therefore; society normalizing it as a normal behavior. For instance, Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy, who died recently made several sexist comments and jokes, however people’s reactions were not negative enough for this rude and inappropriate behavior. Thus, one of the dominant reasons why the society found men’s senses of humor funny is that their sexist and offensive jokes are perceived as a normal and funny behavior in the
The notion of literature on gender and language has expanded substantially over the last few decades. A number of researchers confirm that considerable gender differences in the use of language between men and women exist. "Humor" is one of the fields that researchers investigate significant linguistic differences between genders. In the modern world, both males and females have specific humor dynamics and according to the researchers, they indicate them in different ways. Therefore, what are the remarkable reasons that men are more jocular than women? One of the major reasons why men are more jocular than women is that men use a sense of humor for their …show more content…
Males usually make offensive jokes and degrading comments more than females do in order to feel more superior. In the modern society, offensive and rudely funny anecdotes look more attractive to the majority of the people. This arrogant behavior is a kind of men’s own way to indicate themselves as leaders and flatter their egos. According to the researchers, in most cases, men prefer sexist jokes more than women do (Brodzinsky et al. 1981) and this leads to women’s disapproval in their senses of humor (Smelze &Leap 1988, Romero & Cruthirds, 2006). Also, men approve their own jokes, tell them among their friends and enjoy them (Decker & Rotondo, 2001), however, they can not realize offensiveness and rudeness in them. Moreover, in today’s world, men’s sexual humor is not criticized adequately, therefore; society normalizing it as a normal behavior. For instance, Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy, who died recently made several sexist comments and jokes, however people’s reactions were not negative enough for this rude and inappropriate behavior. Thus, one of the dominant reasons why the society found men’s senses of humor funny is that their sexist and offensive jokes are perceived as a normal and funny behavior in the