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It may start to sound like the same old he-said, she-said story, but gender differences in humor aren’t as predictable as they m
It may start to sound like the same old he-said, she-said story, but gender differences in humor aren’t as predictable as they m
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2013-07-02
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It may start to sound like the same old he-said, she-said story, but gender differences in humor aren’t as predictable as they might seem. The men on average perceived more humor in the couples’ conversations, but the women produced more humor, contradicting the stereotype that men are the funnier sex according to a study.
Nonetheless, a few themes emerge. Many women tend to use humor as a way of enhancing the relationship, while men may use it to enhance their own image. At a family dinner, for example, a woman may retell a story of a comic moment they all shared last Thanksgiving. A man might be more likely to treat the guests as his audience and play for laughs. Along these lines, Mary Crawford, a professor of psychology and women’s studies at the University of Connecticut, found that men liked jokes and slapstick better than women, while women tended to find more humor in collaborative storytelling.
Sometimes the way guys express closeness to other guys is through humor that puts people down. When they try to use the same kind of humor with the women in their lives, it doesn’t come across the same way.
The differences are in fact less about hormone and more about context. After all, men still tend to have higher status in our society, and many studies have shown that people with power use humor differently than do their underlings. "You could say it’s a way men talk, but it may be a way that higher-status people talk," says Crawford. When the boss cracks a joke, everybody laughs; when his assistant wants to make a suggestion or offer criticism, she tempers it with self-deprecating humor.
As anyone who’s worked with a jokester boss can prove, humor is very much in the eye of the beholder, and what’s intended as a witty remark may fall miserably flat or e-ven seem cruel in the context of a difficult or imbalanced relationship. That’s true in romantic relationships too, agree psychologists: Trouble with humor is more likely to be a symptom than a cause of difficulty. It’s all about timing. If your significant other can’t take a joke, take a good look at your own motives for making it. Were you really trying to be helpful? Perhaps this isn’t the right moment — or the right topic — for humor.
Humor is an important and very flexible communication strategy, so don’t shy away from it. It’s also a big part of what makes us human. When it’s used well, humor helps us to put ourselves in perspective, to see past our fears and sorrows and to reach out to the people we love with a light touch instead of a heavy hand.
The main idea of the fifth paragraph is that______.
选项
A、whether a remark is humorous or not is decided by the by-standers
B、unrecognized humor is usually the result of a troubled relationship
C、before using humor it’s important to recognize your object and the environment
D、it is not always a good choice to use humor in a conversation
答案
C
解析
主旨大意题。本段通过对职场上的幽默运用衔接上段,并将话题转向两性浪漫关系中的幽默运用,主要在于指出幽默并不总能改善人们之间的关系,幽默的使用必须在合适的场合。[A]和[B]虽然与第五段中出现的一些语句意思相符,但并非本段主旨,故[C]选项正确。
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