Tina Fey and 30 Rock are great, and Sarah Silverman has moments of genius. Check out both of those shows and tell me women aren't funny.

Have you met my sister? One of the funniest chicks I know. Also, have you ever watched Last Comic Standing? There are plenty of funny women on that show. Effing sexist.

If men had a sense of humor, they'd use it!

Are you kidding? Some women are the funniest people on the planet. Listening to Hillary Clinton give a speech always leaves me in Stitches.

Are you trying to be funny?!

First of all, humour is subjective...so deciding the ability of what gender is more capable of humour would first mean having to put limits on what humour is.

Furthermore, saying that humour is the only way to attract a mate and that only men can profit from its use would be false. It is a tool of attraction on both sides, but not the only one. Not to mention, humour also serves a function in developing our brains.

Finally, it would seem to me, that if you looked at the evolution of humans, that women would be more apt for humour because when we were a hunter gatherer society, men would separate from the tribe and needed to be quiet during the hunt, while women would stay at the camp in groups chatting in order to ward off potential predators. More talking, more likelihood of humour.

(haha...I just realized that my response makes me seem like I have absolutely NO sense of humour and I was defending those without it...damn internet!)

Ya know Women are funny... i laugh at alot of them.

NEXT!

gottta love tina fey. 30 rock is the most well written comedy show out there. who doesn't love Samurai I Amurai

most of them aren't funny, but some can be when they make sexist jokes. like sarah silvermen and amy shumer.

and this hot comedian who talks about how even she doesn't think females are funny. basically, when women place themselves as inferior or in strong sexual manners, they can actually be funny. but whenever i see a woman trying to joke about her relationships and shit, it's boooooring.

I know a couple that I like to hang out with because I have a good time, it comes naturally from them, and don't need to be comedians. I have to say generalization leads you nowhere.

Trust me woman are funny... My mum is one of the funniest people i've met she has a better sense of humor then my dad.. I guess most of the woman you know are boring cause i know woman are funny

I'm funnier than my husband, so that says something.

Plus, I think women can be funny because they do some pretty stupid stuff (like applying makeup, while drinking a cappucino, while talking on their cell phone, while driving).

Remember that "what would a hard of hearing genie say?" joke that was up here a few days ago? That's my life, and I"m the genie. And it makes people the really know me laugh their butts off. I also have, hmmmm, speech issues that make them laugh. Ya see, basically, I grew up not hearing speech correctly, so I taught myself how to speak based off what I learned in first grade about english and how certain arrangements of letters tell ya how to say it... ya well, 15 years later I get an awesome slap in the face that what I learned was totally bogus because most words don't apply with that rule. For instance, I pronounced Effeil tower as "ee-full" tower, then I find out it's actualy "eye-full" or maybe it's "eye-fill?" And my most recent, Duchess was "douche-ess",... after I learned that douche was "do-shhh" and not "do-ch".... seriously.....

My disability has made me a laughing-stock... It's atrocious! But I learned to laugh with it, what else am I to do... besides learn the correct way to speech and ask "what?" a bazillion times instead of repeating what I think someone says.

Other than that,

"how do you get a black kid to stop jumping on the bed?"

I hope you know the answer. It's the only joke I can ever remember. And I'm not racist.

Now I've proved my case, women can be funny.

"Women are not funny", how blunt is that... Its a very subjective topic, some women just aren't the funny type while other women seem to do better in comedy section.

Kathleen Madigan is funny.....................................................................................!

Jenny Talia from Australia,....this woman will make you piddle your pants... My personal favourite would have to be the the bastard song. http://www.myspace.com/jennytaliafromaustralia

well, most of them are not. you cant make a generalization based on that most of them arent. my mom has the WORST humor, but my grandma makes me laugh every time. It also is based on your sense of humor. a cheesy joke could be the stupidest thing to one person while it could be the funniest thing on earth. And you have to define what funny is. Do they try to make jokes, are they naturally funny, or are they so dorky they're funny? it all depends on your perspective.

It's not so much that women aren't funny. It's that a lot of women are afraid to look stupid or gross. Comedy is about self-confidence and not giving a damn about being elegant or classy. The best female comedians or funny women have been the ones who will do physical comedy, gross-out comedy, or say something that might not be pleasant and could offend people.

By the strictest terms: "Women are not funny" is difficult to debate because of wording.

Humour is interesting in that judging whether something is funny or not depends on personal taste and claiming that someone is funny or not funny is a subjective description and opinions will vary from person to person. With this being said lets state some points points that would be generally agreed upon by the large majority of people that relate to this topic.

1. There exist funny women.

2. There are not as many successful female comedians as their are successful male comedians.

For some reason those who choose to agree with this argument overall think this is enough justification for the statement women are not funny.

To say women are not funny is a fallacy because just because group a has an attribute greater than group b does not mean group b does not have that attribute.

I cast my vote against this argument because it is illogical.

However saying that generally women are not funny is perfectly valid as long as you realise that this is not an intrinsic quality. Contrary to what Christopher Hitchens would like you to believe being funny is not an evolutionary quality. Men did not evolve a humour gene or anything of the sort. Humours is tied heavily to language and interconnecting ideas and culture reference points, what you find humorous depends heavily on your familiarity with it. Basically humour is something that changes with culture, something that changes at are rate so grand that you couldn't reasonably say that humour is selected for through evolution. Also humour is an effect that stems from intricacies in language, not something evolution has a part in. The reason behind women not being as funny as men is purely cultural. Society encourages men to be outspoken and women to be pleasant and submissive. The qualities that are required to be a comedian is something encouraged in men and not women. These qualities are self assuredness, unapologetic honesty and and a refusal to pander. Since men and women both have no problem in understanding a joke I believe the mental faculties involved in their formulation are there, but what is encouraged in one gender but not the other are the qualities that give rise to a good comedian.

Also did people forget that there is no point arguing about generalisations because they misrepresent the population they are trying to represent?

Women are not funny for the most part. Sure, there are a few funny women such as Tina Fey but statistically speaking the number of funny women compared to the overall population of women is statistically insignificant.

People who think women aren't funny are usually the same ones that think being funny entails being obnoxious and arrogant.

There might be fewer female standups, but that doesn't prove anything about women's wit. Also, I think women will sometimes bite their lip before telling an indelicate or cruel joke, whereas men will just tell the joke because "we couldn't resist."

My sister is funny. My girlfriend is funny. Ellen Degeneres is funny. And here's a clip of a female comic in Chicago. The noise that erupts after the punchline would be laughter.

im pretty sure that when people tell me what they think of me the first thing they say is that im halarious. and there are plenty of funny girls i know!

any funny woman would admit that women aren't typically that funny. Its because first funny women are smart and its obvious that women arent that funny and two because people that are funny dont care as much about stupid shit like whether women are funny or not they just wanna laugh and have a good time.

womyn can be funny ... think of ... come to think of it i dont know any. but, their fun to laugh at.

women r funny

thugh i'm a gal i've seen women who made me die laughing

they r the most hilarious people in the world

i've laughed at almost everyone of them

they say th worst pj s

Women can b funny when we want to b but we are so sick of your crap why make jokes?

Women are so funny.Go on the net and look up Lony Love, she is so hilarious ;)

Two names of great female comedians: Chelsea Handler and Kristen Wiig.

This is completely wrong and sexist i am a male and i absolutely think women are funny. The ( no offense) fat women in Bridesmaids yes i watched Bridesmaids) is F*G hilarious alone it doesn't matter what sex you are its how you think and what you say.

is there really to make this debate so sexist i don't think so. so yeah get a life and stop being the sicko u are by insulting people by gender.

wtf!! im funny!! and theres alot of woman comedians! woman are funnier than guys