women comedians.

[Chipperz]

While I'm not stating that women can't be good stand-up comics, I find that the reason why they are looked seen as "generally" worse than male comics is due to their shoehorning of unnecessary relationship/feminist/women-are-better-than-men jokes. Granted, some of that material can be downright funny, but if it goes on too long, makes up the majority of the act, or is done in a completely righteous tone without perspective from the other side (i.e., stating why women are better than men but then giving an equally humorous comeback as for the reasons why men are better), then the act gets a little stale. This is partially the same reason why I don't like some black comics over white comics--due to the deep integration of black humor and the view of some black comics that whites are generally still repressing blacks.

This. This. A hundred times this. I find that men are generally considered better comics because most women have roughly the same jokes while men are considered individual comics, judged on their own merits. For what it's worth, I think the last person I really laughed at was Sarah Silverman doing her "I have a dream" bit - women can do surrealism better than any man, they just generally seem not to.

That said, I did once see an absolutely hilarious comedienne (who was also black, so we have two comic hot-spots) who spoofed the whole stereotype;

"On the whole, women are better organised, smarter, more in touch with our emotions, more able to manipulate people, kinder, hell, generally better.

This means nothing because men can pee standing up, and that is why all women hate you."

She also did a bit about giving her kids stereotypical black American names as a form of pre-emptive payback for them being little shits, and about how she constantly put her kids down with "Yo momma so fat" jokes. It was a surprisingly funny evening.

 

[Donbett1974]

Theory: Women are less-funny overall because it's not as important to men. When describing a perfect mate, women always say "He has to be really funny/make me laugh." Whereas when men describe a perfect woman, it's all about beauty/kindness/compassion and it only matters that she laugh at his jokes, not that she be funny.

This might also explain why most decent female comedians are also lesbians (or so deep in the closet they're finding Christmas presents).

I have to agree there's what a dozen great historic female comedians and I can only think of one who's straight Roseanne.

 

[Prof.Wood]

While I'm not stating that women can't be good stand-up comics, I find that the reason why they are looked seen as "generally" worse than male comics is due to their shoehorning of unnecessary relationship/feminist/women-are-better-than-men jokes. Granted, some of that material can be downright funny, but if it goes on too long, makes up the majority of the act, or is done in a completely righteous tone without perspective from the other side (i.e., stating why women are better than men but then giving an equally humorous comeback as for the reasons why men are better), then the act gets a little stale. This is partially the same reason why I don't like some black comics over white comics--due to the deep integration of black humor and the view of some black comics that whites are generally still repressing blacks.

This is the best possible answer that could be stated, it just seems to me that female comedians fail to grasp the concept of 'Men V Women' is a played out and dead end for material no new information can be found in the hollowed out dusk that is the gender differences corpse.

 

[El Poncho]

I guess, there was this funny one I saw once on Live at the Apollo I will try look for the name.

 

[Davey Woo]

apparently, during stand up women laugh more.
but women don't find other women as funny as other men
which is why male stand up comedians are "better"

 

[dekuben]

I find Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pro.

I find my Sister funny because she refrains from making shitty feminist jokes.

I don't find women generally funny because they don't make rape jokes.

I love rape jokes, in fact amongst certain people I know we make terrible, disgusting, but fantastically hilarious (in my opinion) jokes.

Now you know.

 

[Sahasrahla]

A lot of it is probably because we as men can't truly relate to the female experience. Sure, a lot of people claim Lisa Lampanelli is hilarious, but I don't dig her humor because I don't take black cock and that seems to be her go-to joke.

Theory: Women are less-funny overall because it's not as important to men. When describing a perfect mate, women always say "He has to be really funny/make me laugh." Whereas when men describe a perfect woman, it's all about beauty/kindness/compassion and it only matters that she laugh at his jokes, not that she be funny.

This might also explain why most decent female comedians are also lesbians (or so deep in the closet they're finding Christmas presents).

When women say "I want a guy with a good sense of humor," they really mean "I want a guy who makes witty, incisive jokes."

When men say "I want a girl with a good sense of humor," they really mean "I want a girl who will laugh at my jokes, no matter how retarded."

Write that down.

 

[Bato]

This is just a theory, among some of my other theories that a bunch of others have already said.

Have you ever listened to a woman talk? An hour to tell a five minute story.
And a big part of comedy is timing, I have watched a lot of women comedians who would have been funny, if they didn't go into their story so much and cut straight to the punchline at the right time.

Though there are women comedians I love out there.

 

[kingcat1]

/agreed

 

[muckinscavitch]

Ellen Degeneres is quite hilarious. Maybe try her out?

The problem with most* female comedians is that they ONLY really talk about sex and periods and stuff that guys don't care about. It also becomes very repetitive. It is just like watching african-american comedians as well... It gets repetitive because it is always they same sort of story over and over again. is it funny? Hell yes. But still quite repetitive.

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

I'm not familiar with American female comedians but the ones from my own country tend to be much the same as the men: 50% are either alright or excellent, and 50% need to drown in their own piss.

 

[lolmynamewastaken]

i think a good female comedian is so much funnnier than a a good male comedian but they are less common because women just go on for abit too long where as men tend to get straight to the jokes.

 

[effilctar]

A lot(not all) of female comedians manage to add in a couple of jokes about periods or clothes, which as males we just don't appreciate. We like farce applied to common situations and do not see the comedic value in "So... had my period today."

 

[Arrers]

The term for a female comedian is "comedienne" (hopefully I spelt it right), btw. As why there seems to be few funny comediennes because A) Sturgeon's law tells us that 90% of everything sucks and B) they are less prominent than there male counterparts, or there are few of them in general, making the seem very rare.

I don't really keep track of standup comedy, so that's really just a guess.

 

[JanatUrlich]

I don't find female stand up comediennes to be that funny either D=

 

[LWS666]

there are more male stand up comedians, and the more there are the better the chance that more will be good.

 

[tomtom94]

Has someone been watching QI by any chance?

I think that some female comedians are very funny. Jo Caulfield, for instance. Deadpan that appeals to both men and women.
However, Lucy Porter, cute though she may be...I just can't get past her high-pitched voice to hear her material.

It may sound like I'm making a gender stereotype, but I think men tend to associate other men with "being in the same situation". Male stand-up comedians tend to pass themselves off as "one of the lads" whereas I think men tend to judge women...by their looks. It's just how men work.

 

[FolkLikePanda]

Have you just been watching QI?

 

[megapenguinx]

I'm going to say it's because you can't relate to their experiences. Most comedians are funny, because you can relate to what they are talking about.