Male & Female Humor

I have a hard time deciding whether men or women are funnier. Men have been more highly represented in the comedic scene, but this can be said of any public representation. Kate Rigg, a comedian interviewed in Bitch Magazine, says, "Speaking your mind is considered a male quality, and in stand-up you have to speak your mind." She adds, later, "It's the most awful feeling in the world...feeling that your voice doesn't matter." So female comedians have the challenge that women in any field have faced. The most impressive comedy, to me, is the comedy whose intentional audience is neither men nor women. An excellent example of this non-gendered type of humor is that of the late Mitch Hedberg. His jokes are observational and non-confrontational. Gender plays no role in this type of comedy.

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