New Study Finds Women Aren’t as Funny as Men

A new study has found that women aren’t as funny as men. I know, hard to believe.

The study, published by the Journal of Research in Personality, asked subjects to write a funny caption for a cartoon that was then judged by a panel of judges.

Researchers found that 63 per cent of men were deemed to be funnier than the average woman.

The study included over 5500 participants, 67 per cent of whom were women, eliminating and in fact overcompensating for any potential gender bias. It also involved a third-party evaluation of the subjects by someone who was not aware of the subject’s gender.

“It means that to the best of our knowledge, on average, men appear to have higher humor production ability than women,” said Gil Greengross, an evolutionary psychologist at Aberystwyth University in Wales.

She also noted that “a great sense of humor” was one of the signals of mate quality when it comes to females choosing a man.

“Humor is strongly correlated with intelligence, which explains why women value men with a great sense of humor, as intelligence was crucial for survival throughout our evolutionary history when we mostly lived in hunter-gatherer groups,” said Greengross.

Christopher Hitchens was right.



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PIERS MORGAN: If ‘Saint’ John Legend’s so worried about inappropriate song lyrics, why doesn’t he leave Baby It’s Cold Outside alone and rewrite all the far more sexist and misogynist filth spewed by his rapper friends?

My favorite festive holiday song is 'Baby It's Cold Outside.'

Immortalized in the 1949 movie Neptune's Daughter, it's a joyous celebration of flirtation, as a handsome charming man tries to persuade a beautiful charming woman to stay with him on a wintry night.

There's nothing sleazy about it, or nasty, or even remotely 'problematic' to quote the ghastly buzzword of modern day political correctness.

It's fun, sexy, playful, and both the man and woman are completely in control of their own actions during the mutually enjoyable and totally consensual experience.

This is a scene that has played out many billions of times in the history of our great planet. It's called seduction.

And that process only becomes something sinister or even criminal when a woman is being forced to do something she doesn't want to do.

That is not the case in Baby It's Cold Outside.

It was written by U.S. songwriter Frank Loesser to sing with his wife Lynn Garland at their housewarming party in New York.

The original lyrics included these lines:

'My mother will start to worry.. (Man: 'Beautiful, what's your hurry?')

'The neighbors might think.. (Man: 'Baby it's cold out there.')

'Say what's in this drink?' (Man: 'No cabs to be had out there..')

To 99.9% of all those who've ever heard these lyrics, particularly in context of the film clip, they are perfectly sweet and innocent.

But to the 0.00001% of super-woke, permanently offended virtue-signalers out there, this is in fact a sickening depiction of sexual harassment or even sexual assault.

To them, the man's obviously a disgusting monster, refusing to understand that no means no, who has slipped some kind of Bill Cosby-style drug into the woman's drink in an effort to render her unconscious so he can attack her.

This ridiculous narrative, started by a few angry feminists a few years ago, reached a crescendo in the wake of the #MeToo scandal that erupted after the exposure of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

By late 2018, radio stations began banning the song altogether, led by WDOK Star 102 in Cleveland, Ohio, which attributed its decision to the 'lyric content, based on listener input, amid the #MeToo movement.'

The public, gloriously, reacted by marching out to buy Dean Martin's iconic version of the song in such huge numbers it rocketed back into the Billboard chart, with sales surging 70% thanks to the furore.

You might think this would be the end of the matter.

But sadly, it wasn't.

In fact, it was just the start because singer John Legend, who along with his publicity-mad swimsuit model wife Chrissy Teigen, is Hollywood's self-appointed Virtue-Signaler-In-Chief, decided the original version of Baby It's Cold Outside is so despicable the lyrics must be rewritten for the #MeToo era.

So that's what he's now done, writing a new version with Insecure comedian Natasha Rothwell that he performs with Kelly Clarkson.

The new lyrics include:

'I really can't stay (Man: 'Baby, it's cold outside…')

'I've gotta go away (Man: 'I can call you a ride..')

'This evening has been (Man: 'So glad you dropped in..)

'So very nice (Man: 'Time spent with you is paradise..)

'My mother will start to worry (Man: 'I'll call a car and tell 'em to hurry.)

'What will my friends think?' (Man: 'I think they should rejoice..')

'If I have one more drink..' (Man: 'It's your body, and your choice..')

What a load of nauseating PC-crazed tripe.

At this stage, it's worth remembering how Mr Legend himself first got together with Ms Teigen.

They met on the set of his music video for the song 'Stereo'.

He was the most powerful man on set, the star and therefore effectively, the boss. She was an impressionable 21-year-old model hired to work alongside him.

Ms Teigen told Cosmo several years later: 'I walked into John's dressing room to meet him and he was ironing in his underwear. I said, 'you do your own ironing?' He said, 'Of course I do.' I gave him a hug.'

After the shoot, she says they went back to his hotel room and 'hooked up'.

Hmmm.

I'm not an expert on the whiter-than-white standards of super-woke behavior, but by Legend and Teigen's own yardstick, isn't every part of this story highly 'problematic'?

Older, powerful boss sleeping with young employee after they work together?

The CEO of McDonald's just got fired for doing exactly that.

And when it comes to rewriting inappropriate lyrics, why did Legend pick on Baby It's Cold Outside?

After all, it pales into insignificance compared to the shockingly sexist and misogynist lyrics of so many current rap and pop stars.

Snoop Dogg sang: 'B*itches ain't sh*t but hoes and tricks, lick on these nuts and suck the d*ck.'

Kanye West sang: 'I know she like chocolate men, she got more n***** off than Cochran.'

Eminem sang: 'Sl*t, you think I won't choke no w***e, til the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more.'

And as for Pharrell Williams' Blurred Lines collaboration with Robin Thicke, he's since admitted the lyrics including 'I hate these blurred lines, I know you want it' were 'rapey' .

Yet John Legend hasn't suggested rewriting any of these songs.

Why could that be?

Oh wait, it's because they're all performed by his good friends?

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Anger as Hong Kong-themed cake barred from competition

An international cake decorating competition is at the centre of a “political censorship” row after a Hong Kong protest-themed entry was disqualified amid claims it was “offensive”.

The cake, entered by staff from a café in Hong Kong, featured protest symbols including umbrellas and a Guy Fawkes mask and was put on display at the Cake International competition held at the Birmingham NEC over the weekend.

The bakers from 3rd Space café had travelled from the territory to the UK for the event and had to rebuild it from scratch after it was damaged on the way over, only for it to be disqualified.

Competition organisers said one element of the cake was oversized but the company behind the cake said that it was pulled after complaints from Chinese competitors.

For five months Hong Kong has been the scene of anti-government protests triggered by a controversial bill that would have allowed extradition to mainland China. It has since been withdrawn but the protests have continued amid wider anger over the way Hong Kong is administered by Beijing.

The disqualified entry included fake tear gas and a protester dressed in black and wearing a hard hat. The cake was also decorated with yellow umbrellas and the baker had also placed a music box inside the cake playing “Glory to Hong Kong”, the unofficial anthem of the protests.

Cake International first told the bakers to turn the music off before sending them an email telling them that the cake would be “removed” because of complaints.

“The content and message behind the cake has been viewed as offensive and led to complaints from attendees, therefore the decision has been taken to withdraw it from the competition,” the email said.

The owner of the café said the cake was inspired by the “streets of Hong Kong” but apparently Chineses competitors had claimed it was offensive for “promoting” the territory.

In a post on Instagram, the café said: “Today, some of us have been arrested, and some of us who have travelled far to the UK for a contest have been disqualified. We feel displeased and outraged, but we will still be ourselves. We will make an appeal. Even if the final result won’t be satisfactory, we will bother to tell you, you are wrong.”

The café later said that the claim the cake was oversized was just an “excuse” to remove the cake. “It is extremely disappointing to see this happening in the UK,” the owner said. “We got the inspirations from the streets in Hong Kong in the past five months. It’s not about politics, it’s about the way to live.”

The owner added that on the same day the cake was disqualified one of the café’s staff was arrested and that Chinese competitors had broadcast their complaints on the social media site Weibo. The owner said the pressure had forced the organiser to “give in”, while other cakes criticising regimes such as Donald Trump and North Korea were allowed to stay.

The café has been supportive of protesters in recent months, encouraging them to wear masks and treating them to cups of coffee.

Dozens of Hong Kong supports have supported the café on social media. “This is the best cake I’ve ever seen,” said one. “Thank you. Your cake is very beautiful, and it’s in our hearts,” said another, while others suggested the cake should go on sale in Hong Kong.

Cake International said the cake was removed due to complaints, and added that there had been threats to damage it.

It later said that the cake was separately disqualified as one of its elements, a fondant umbrella, had hung over the “allowed area”.

In a full statement, it said: “We wish to clarify that the difficult decision to remove the piece from the competition area was due to complaints about its content, with some threatening to damage the piece. We have judged this entry based on the cake decorating skills and not the subject matter; unfortunately it was ‘not to schedule’ for that category as it states in the rules ‘No part of the exhibit can overhang the allowed area. Oversized exhibits will be disqualified.’

“Cake International is an inclusive community and welcomes entries from across the world. This competition entry was not removed as a political statement but was disqualified as a direct result of it not being made in line with our competition schedule.”

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Feminist poison on Australia's ABC

Since they endorse violence in pursuit of their aims, perhaps I can respond in kind by saying that I would be happy to see the lot of then burn at the stake

The ABC has come under fire after Q&A panellists called for rapists to be killed, labelled Scott Morrison a 'white supremacist' and said police forces should be abolished in an extraordinary programme on Monday night.

The show, featuring a panel of five women and host Fran Kelly, provoked outrage on social media, with hundreds of viewers calling for the ABC to have its funding cut.

The controversy began when a member of the audience asked if aggression and violence were the best ways for feminists to achieve equality.

Outspoken Egyptian-American writer Mona Eltahawy, who dominated the show, replied by endorsing violence and saying that women should kill rapists.

She said: 'I want patriarchy to fear feminism… how long must we wait for men and boys to stop murdering us, to stop beating us and to stop raping us? How many rapists must we kill until men stop raping us?'

Host Fran Kelly then referenced a tweet by Spectator Australia which asked: 'Why is the ABC justifying violence?'

She said: 'So Mona... Spectator Australia is already saying Mona's promoting violence. Is that what you're doing?'

Ms Eltawahy replied: 'What I'm doing is saying that that violence has been owned by the state… exactly how long do I have to wait to be safe?'

The person who asked the question challenged the panel by suggesting that violence was not the best approach, saying: 'Bullying begets bullying and violence begets violence'.

Journalist and author Jess Hill then chimed in to support Ms Eltawahy's argument that violence is necessary.

She said: 'If anyone's shocked by what Mona's suggesting, you just have to look back to history, and a certain faction of the suffragettes… they used violence. They thought what they were fighting was a civil war between the sexes.'

Indigenous writer and activist Nayuka Gorrie also appeared to advocate violence, saying: 'When you say violence begets violence, it's almost sounding like it's a level playing field which it's not.'

'It's absolutely not… I wonder what our kind of tipping point in Australia's going to be when people will start burning stuff? I look forward to it.'

Commenting on Australia's colonial history, she added: 'We've tried for 230-plus years to appeal to the colonisers' morality, which just doesn't seem to exist.

'I think violence is OK because if someone is trying to kill you, there's no amount of, "But I'm really clever. I'm really articulate". No amount of that is going to save you. Let's burn stuff.'

The comments immediately sparked fury on social media as hundreds of viewers were left shocked by such brazen support for violence.

One viewer wrote: 'Violence is never an option and if the ABC insists on pushing violent rhetoric, I will have to insist Scott Morrison pulls funding from the ABC and rescind's their broadcasting licence.'

Another added: 'The ABC is promoting violence? It wouldn’t be first time.'

In another shocking section of the show, Ms Eltawahy called the Prime Minister a white supremacist. 'Your Prime Minister here is a mini version of Donald Trump - because we're talking about white supremacists capitalists,' she said. 'Your Prime Minister is a white evangelical Christian like Mike Pence in the US so you're on a parallel path here.'

Ms Eltawahy then attacked the government over Mr Morrison's proposal to outlaw environmental boycott campaigns.

'When you start talking about banning boycotts, you have to ask what is happening to your so-called democracy,' she said.

Another controversial moment came when the panel discussed Tanya Day, an aboriginal woman who was arrested for being drunk in public and died in a police cell in 2017.

Responding to a question about how institutions can be better held to account for racism, Ms Gorrie said the police service should be shut down. 'Its very formation was to serve the interest of white sovereignty in this country,' she said.

'When we're talking about accountability, I'm not sure how far we can go in keeping an organisation like the police to account because it is there to be violent'. 'It's patriarchal, it's overwhelmingly white. I think it shouldn't exist.'

The show also came under fire for repeated use of foul language, which prompted Kelly to say: 'We are trying to keep the language under control. If you're offended by the profanity, maybe leave now.'

Shortly afterwards, in the section about police racism, Ms Eltawahy made no effort to moderate her words, saying: 'You're asking the person here who travels the world to say f*** the patriarchy.'

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Political correctness is most pervasive in universities and colleges but I rarely report the  incidents concerned here as I have a separate blog for educational matters.

American "liberals" often deny being Leftists and say that they are very different from the Communist rulers of  other countries.  The only real difference, however, is how much power they have.  In America, their power is limited by democracy.  To see what they WOULD be like with more power, look at where they ARE already  very powerful: in America's educational system -- particularly in the universities and colleges.  They show there the same respect for free-speech and political diversity that Stalin did:  None.  So look to the colleges to see  what the whole country would be like if "liberals" had their way.  It would be a dictatorship.

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