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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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问题
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.
It can be inferred from the passage that at a family gathering, ______.
选项
A、the female members would tell more jokes than psychologists used to think
B、the female members would give humorous remarks on the basis of a shared story
C、the male members would probably act like a clown to tickle the others
D、the male members may tease the female members to achieve the effect of humor
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。第二段提到,女性倾向于用幽默的方式增进关系,而男十生则用它提升自己的人物角色,接着举出一个例子,即在家庭聚餐上男性和女性的不同表现,故可知选项[B]正确。
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