The main theorist on fun keeps saying that fun is all about the negation of power inequalities (he's also the one that thinks competition "just is" and is not at all gendered, too), without looking at how that can be possible in a mixed sex group.
They used seaside postcards for the study, I think, and didn't think anything of it, although another article from the same proceedings points out that these were mostly drawn by men for a male audience. But they didn't mention the attractiveness of the people handing them the postcards, or look at their reaction to non-sex-joke funny postcards to see if there was a difference there. It is from 1977, which isn't entirely the excuse.
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Re: Yes, I am a humourless feminist, why do you ask?
Date: 2006-09-15 03:22 pm (UTC)They used seaside postcards for the study, I think, and didn't think anything of it, although another article from the same proceedings points out that these were mostly drawn by men for a male audience. But they didn't mention the attractiveness of the people handing them the postcards, or look at their reaction to non-sex-joke funny postcards to see if there was a difference there. It is from 1977, which isn't entirely the excuse.