Female Jokes

 

I don't consider Mae West to be a great actress, but she sure knew how to make a splash, both by acting and giving her opinion on whatever topic she felt needed a female comment by her. That's not as easy for a woman as just opening her mouth and talk, which is obvious when one considers the nature of certain kinds of jokes. As most of these jokes are targeting women, they are made by and for men. To turn them around and use them for women, but targeting men, doesn't really work.

Boobs attain their own place in the male jokes, as does blonde hair, Mother-in-Laws and female car-owners. Many by now old and tired jokes have obtained their special place in the annals of male jokes, and they may still be loved by men, whereas most women find them more or less silly. Maybe those women would like to try their hand at making jokes about men the same way they did about the female sex, but they soon find out that that's difficult for one specific reason: The language and the set imageries have been "masculinized". To talk about blonde guys, fathers-in-law or male car-owners don't set off any torrents of laughter: These topics are not funny to most people because they lack the backdrop of a confirmed humor and a shared language. Boobs, on the other hand, do, but only in a certain context.

Well, male boobs fit more into a derogatory comment than a (more or less) harmless joke, so that wouldn't work as a plan for being swept away in torrents of laughter, even though it may be fun to some. 

No, men and women don't always see eye to eye when it comes to humor: What's fun for a man may not be fun for a woman, who may even be offended by some "innocent" boobs-blonde-Mother-in-Law-car-owner-joke. However, once there was a woman, who knew how to make jokes that were both funny and very special. Many of them are still alive, even though she died many years ago: MAE WEST

Her jokes almost always are a bit "risky" without being vulgar. I would say that they are more of a "suggestive nature" than anything else, but one can't harbor any doubt about what they are about: Men, Sex, and Everything In Between. Some are more like statements and not real jokes, but still funny as they are a clever playing with words and sentiments.