In this episode, Alex & Julia tackle the hypothesis: Women aren’t funny. They talk comedy, breaching norms, live-laugh-love and much more…

 

Numbers from Social Polls:

Total Number of Votes: 346 responded. Agree = 97% Disagree = 3%

 

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Resources/References:

Funniest joke according to science: http://www.laughlab.co.uk/ https://richardwiseman.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/ll-final-report.pdf

 

The science of why we laugh: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-so-funny-the-science-of-why-we-laugh/

 

Blog about women and men being funny: https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2019/07/06/funny-females-where-are-the-women-in-comedy/

 

Female standup comedy void: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/20/female-standup-comedy-void

 

Meta-analyses of women vs men being funny: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336735385_Sex_differences_in_humor_production_ability_A_meta-analysis

 

What people mean when they are attracted to a sense of humour: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/11/plight-of-the-funny-female/416559/