Male versus Female Humor

This is part 2 of a 3-part post, please start with part 1: Women Love Napoleon Dynamite … So I didn’t understand why women thought Napoleon Dynamite was hilarious so I searched for the differences between male and female humor and found some very interesting things. Here’s an excerpt from an article called “ Humour In Romance Writing “: …Male humour is a little more aggressive, often aimed at people more vulnerable than themselves, or towards targets they’d like to see ‘fail’. Slapstick can fall into this category, something both men and women do enjoy. But, as popular author Jennifer Crusie states on her website : “Most women don’t like aggressive humour that attacks people who are minding their own business or who are weaker or vulnerable. Most women DO like humour that attacks people who have attacked women, so use defensive humour that attacks up… “Women also like humour that points out the...