December 11, 2006
On Men, Chicks, and "Teh Funny"

Well, this definitely explains how I ended up with a woman:

... Why are men, taken on average and as a whole, funnier than women? Well, for one thing, they had damn well better be. The chief task in life that a man has to perform is that of impressing the opposite sex, and Mother Nature (as we laughingly call her) is not so kind to men. In fact, she equips many fellows with very little armament for the struggle. An average man has just one, outside chance: he had better be able to make the lady laugh. Making them laugh has been one of the crucial preoccupations of my life. If you can stimulate her to laughter—I am talking about that real, out-loud, head-back, mouth-open-to-expose-the-full-horseshoe-of-lovely-teeth, involuntary, full, and deep-throated mirth; the kind that is accompanied by a shocked surprise and a slight (no, make that a loud) peal of delight—well, then, you have at least caused her to loosen up and to change her expression. I shall not elaborate further.

Women have no corresponding need to appeal to men in this way...

Read the whole thing, and then come back and accuse me of being a Neandertal. It's more complicated than you think. It usually is.

Via Siflay.

Posted by scott at December 11, 2006 12:56 PM

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I have love Vanity Fair Magazine! I doubt I have missed more than a handful of issues in the last 15 years.

Posted by: Pat on December 11, 2006 06:28 PM
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