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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 study about gender differences in humor shows that______.
选项
A、men like to show off their humor when talking to women
B、men on average make more jokes than women
C、women like to take advantage of humor to improve relations
D、women create humorous atmosphere in the couples’ conversations
答案
D
解析
事实细节题。第一段第二句指出一般来讲男性在夫妻对话中能感受到更多幽默,而女性实际上却是制造幽默的一方,故[D]项正确,[A]项在文中没有提及,[B]、[C]正好和文意相反。
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