You're the third person to say that and I'm pretty much the same way. It doesn't look good for the idea that women joke less in mixed company than they would around other women.

Quite the opposite, really. I asked for responses hoping that reality would get in the way of the hypothesis. I'm not personally invested in whether it turns out women do joke around with men as much as they do around other women. I just thought it was a possible explanation for why some men think that women aren't…

I really appreciate your response and I'd like to give a more solid reply, but I'm a bit drunk. For now, though, let me just thank you for your sincerity and insight.

That's what I think too, but that's just the "what", not the "how". I'm really curious about the particular mechanics of sexism in regards to perceptions of who's funny and who's not.

How about dudes you don't know very well. Do you crack jokes around them too?

It's surprising what people will laugh at when something is said on a stage, literal or otherwise.

I'm just curious. My hypothesis being that it might be possible that women make fewer jokes around men, so men just assume that women are less funny.

Quick poll: Women, do you crack jokes in mixed company as often as with your female friends?

Right there with ya. Ah, the simpler, pre-pubescent times.

Can't have that, can we?

It's almost as if people have varied opinions, which leads to differing perspectives on the same social phenomenon. Crazy!

What, are you saying us commenters are needlessly antagonistic?!?! Well, fuck you, then!!!

That's great for a chant and all, but please translate this into policy initiatives. How can this idea be legislated? How can this idea be effectively dispersed to the public?

What's the alternative besides saying "Hey, men, don't rape"?

The dog was left behind in the trust of a significant other. A conversation before selling the dog would lead to no controversy. You're either dense or a troll, pick one.

It's simply not misogyny when the aspersion is appropriate. "If the shoe fits" and all that.

I, a 5'8" guy, dated a 5'10" woman once and, you know what, it was the most fulfilling relationships I've had so far. Her and I are still really good friends even after we both moved away from the city in which we met. So, for what it's worth, it worked for me. These commenters, I feel, are being pretty damn…

Most of those Persian dudes, by the way, think that women are sub-human. Enjoy your eye-candy, though!

Is 5'7" considered to be really short? I'm a bit bewildered by that idea.

"No, I will not 're-swipe' my card."