Study: Self-Deprecating Humor Scores With Women
Posted by: Simcha Whitehill | Filed in: Relationships
10:00AM, Wednesday July 30th 2008
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Why do we women do who we do? It’s the riddle men have been trying to solve since the beginning of time. But apparently, anthropologist Gil Greengross cracked the code to our crotches: self-deprecating humor. After two years of studying how humor affects sex, Mr. Greengross found that if a man knocks himself down, the ladies won’t shoot him down. A little bit of sweet talkin’ for sympathy is the best strategy because it shows your strong suits to be intelligence, creativity, and humility. And that’s the winning combo! Although, dudes be warned, you don’t want to head into pity lay territory. There’s a fine line between being the charmingly modest (well at least in movies) Hugh Grant, and the too-sad-to-screw Larry David. [Daily Mail]
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bittermelon
[report]wrote on August 01 2008 @ 08:19 am:
I think we need to take a poll. I’ve been having this debate of confident vs self-deprecating with a male friend of mine for 10 years now, and my husband even chimed in yesterday, definitely confidence over self-deprecation. Maybe that’s just a man’s perspective?
Amelia
[report]wrote on August 01 2008 @ 09:20 am:
This is definitely interesting—so you think guys maybe prefer confidence over a woman being self-deprecating?
bittermelon
[report]wrote on August 03 2008 @ 12:13 am:
Yep, I’d like to see if this is true: men think women want to see confidence in a man, while women really prefer their men to have self-deprecating humor.
Zengothic
[report]wrote on August 03 2008 @ 12:35 am:
In my experience, women find self-deprecation annoying; they frequently think that it’s self-esteem related instead of an attempt at levity.
So while it might garner some laughs, it may not be magnetic.
par3
[report]wrote on August 03 2008 @ 06:33 am:
personally, i’ve always been the fool to go for the pompous #### head. there’s more of a chase involved, i figure. i can’t stand when dudes start cracking on themselves, it’s like boo hoo go drown yourself in more beer. similar to the chick who’s 50 lbs who says ‘omg i’m so bloated today’. i hate when people feel sorry for themselves and bring attention to it. it’s possibly the worst vibe ever to come from a guy. SO not attractive to me. the kind of men i consider as potentials should be strong and not depressive-emotional like they’re on their period. unless they’re EMO, then we wouldn’t even be at the same party.