Results: Women, Comedy & Intimacy: Why?
Published on 03/13/2023
As I don't want to risk this survey getting rejected, this is among the minority of my contributions that is unpopulated by video content.
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1.
1.
Whether in live performance, on a screen and/or only by audio, do you enjoy stand-up comedy? Yes, and it's something I actively see out for entertainment.
16%
351 votes
Yes, when I happen upon it, but I don't actively seek it out.
34%
756 votes
I can take or leave it (and sometimes laugh at it) .
25%
549 votes
Uncertain
7%
148 votes
No
18%
396 votes
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If you do enjoy stand-up, do you like it from both men and women? Yes
48%
1056 votes
Never thought about it/Undecided
22%
475 votes
No, whether purposefully or not
8%
165 votes
Not Applicable
23%
504 votes
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Female comedians number among my favorite funny folk. But, when I want to write about distaff stand-ups for publication, I find that many of them I could cover base much of their shtick on their intimate lives or what they want out of that kind of intimacy, which I neither want to hear nor promote. Have you found the same tendency disproportionately among woman comics? Yes
16%
358 votes
Undecided/ Haven't paid attention that closely, apparently
44%
967 votes
No
14%
307 votes
Not Applicable
26%
568 votes
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4.
If you agree with my diagnosis of there being greater bawdiness among female comedians compared to their male counterparts nowadays, why do you think that to be the case? The general trend toward public coarseness and loosening standards for profanity
15%
319 votes
A sense of empowerment in being able to speak candidly about a topic these comedians believe only men have been able to address with impunity, or even commendation, for so long
15%
328 votes
They think it will get them more laughs than material about any other topic.
14%
306 votes
They want to play against type or employ shock value (that is, for instance, she may look like someone who wouldn't talk about that topic, so she barrels straight into it)
9%
198 votes
They can't think of anything else to joke about.
6%
133 votes
They think it's what audiences want out of comedy.
10%
223 votes
They think it's no major issue to joke about intimacy crudely and without discretion.
7%
160 votes
All of the above
12%
264 votes
None of the above
28%
614 votes
I disagree with the premise of the question (and the survey thus far).
18%
391 votes
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I have, however, heard and interviewed current female comics who have made light of this subject in what I'd term tasteful, or at least not really objectionable, ways. Which do think you'd find funny (and perhaps you've heard them already)? An Evangelical Christian comic speaking of how she's not in the mood to be intimate with her husband after a long day of taking care of their children, doing housework, running errands, etc.
8%
178 votes
An Eastern Orthodox comedian poking fun at something she and her husband wanted to try in their boudoir but couldn't quite get the position correct (uttered with the same kind of matter-of-fact passion with which she extolls video gaming, fantasy literature and her other geeky interests)
9%
199 votes
A Roman Catholic stand-up speaking of the travails of childbirth and how, after having had so many children, she's made a baby shower registry at her favorite liquor store
10%
217 votes
All
12%
267 votes
None
39%
853 votes
Not Applicable
29%
640 votes
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