Sex Difference...
Men and women process humor differently. A reasearch was carried out in the Stanford University. Women are more analytical in processing the humor as compared to Men. Arnie Cann, a psychology professor at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, commented: "Given the findings in the current study, that women appear to use more executive functions, it could be that they are more engaged in scrutinizing the humor to decide if it fits their views on what is acceptable humor. Once they decide the humor is OK, they could be experiencing a relief-like response.'' For more details...you can visit http://www.livescience.com/health/ap_051107_humor.html