If you go to the Helium website, you will see 23 different answers to the question, “Why do women laugh more than men?”
One of my favorite answers is from Bob Schmidt who says, “In his book Laughter written in 2000, Professor Robert Provine reports statistics that indicate that the fairer sex does laugh more frequently than their counterparts, and offers his theories as to why.
“Through a study by the Maryland Professor, observations were made of more than 1200 subjects unaware of his surveillance. Women laugh more often according to Provine, but men cause more laughter as speakers.” Helium
Men want women who laugh at their jokes. And women prefer men who make them laugh. Sounds like the perfect marriage.
CNN reported this week that according to new research, women rate funny guys as more intelligent than guys who are not so funny. The research was presented this week at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in Brighton, England.
“Over the course of history, women actively look for signs that their man is intelligent, and I believe the ability to actively judge the situation and pull off a joke and make you laugh is an intelligent feat,” said Kristofor McCarty, a researcher at Northumbria University in Newcastle, England, and author of the study, in an e-mail. Women, men, and laughter
In research released this past December, happiness is contagious. In a social network, happiness spreads among people up to three degrees removed from one another. That means when you feel happy, a friend of a friend of a friend has a slightly higher likelihood of feeling happy too. The lesson is that taking control of your own happiness can positively affect others, says James Fowler, co-author of the study and professor of political science at the University of California in San Diego.” Happiness.social.network
Laughter as medicine is not a new thought. But the surprising growth of Laughter Clubs around the world is promising to improve health and relationships as well.
Research findings in the medical literature indicate that laughter has healing properties. Click on this You Tube video and you will see why. Take a look at this video and you will laugh until your sides hurt. The reporter cannot stop laughing
Copyright 2009 Rita Watson