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Men are naturally than women. This is theof a UK male professor, Sam Shuster. He conducted research 400 different people as he unicycled around his town. He the reaction of onlookers and discovered that men more jokes about him than women, and that jokes were more aggressive. He said three-quarters of male “jokers” him and made nasty comments, most women tended to tease him with a smile. He said: "The difference between the men and women was absolutely and consistent." Professor Shuster believes the male hormone testosterone is the cause men being funnier. He found that teenage boys were aggressive in humor and this aggression changed with older men into a funnier form of joking.
Earlier research women and men use humor differently. One study said women tend to fewer jokes than men and male comedians female ones. Another showed men look more for a punchline. Men use people they know as theof their jokes, often in a negative way. Married men seem to like hearing and making jokesmothers-in-law. British comedian John Moloney with Professor Shuster’s findings. He said that in his 21-year career in comedy, henever noticed that men were funnier than women. He stated: "The difference is that if a group of women were together and the conversation lulls, they don't automatically start telling jokes, men do. It then becomes a of a competition, but that mean to say men are funnier."
