European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse What men and women find Fanny differs today s crossword new York tin Mesa Mong the panoply of senses sense of touch sense o sight common sense the sense of humor stands As a distinguishing feature Between the sexes men have one. Women Don t. Or to the stereotype goes. Women were supposed to Busten to men s joke and respond laughing at everything said Jacque Irie d. Goodchilds a social psychologist and professor at the University of Calif Omiat los Angeles who has studied humor. Bui women were not supposed to Yavette rapier wit to leu jokes or humorous starting in ancient Greece women Haw been considered pure. In a Way and not the kind to engage in the vulgarities of joke telling and humor said Bernard i. Mursten a psychology professor at Connecticut College who examined humor a a part at interpersonal attraction. The re by psychologists a is quite different it is not a matter of Man the humorous and Moman the humourless but of what men and women find tunny.1 humor b an integral part of hew people relate to each Goode ids shoe women Nomen ten to relate to people othe Felly. It b Bwy should react to humor experts ahem to agree that Man and women have the same capacity for appreciating humor. People Are less Kety to Tough stood in an empty room than in a crowded room. Bint touching announces i got it and in an empty room. They d be announcing to nobody said pm a of Orrade. A clinical psychologist in Pensacola Fla. The experts also see humor huh ritualistic Side. We once found that a sense of humor correlated with the ability to understand proverbs and find simple Geometric shapes within larger Moro complicated Overlade said or As Marilyn Suzanne Miller a writer Tor the original saturday Ptim live said it s genetic. You re either born with it or you re still psychologists repeatedly say and a few videotape studies indicate that men read More enthusiastically than women to aggressive humor such As slapstick while women react More enthusiastically than men to soft humor involving Puna wordplay and relationships. According to Milter those divisions were seen not in the saturday night us audiences but in the television show s writing staff. There were boy Girt jokes she said. Boy jokes were like Dan Aykroyd s Bass Roma tic. Where the answer to cleaning a Basa was to stick it in the Basso Matte a wonder. Girl jokes were Tike my slumber party routines whare the camera never moved and it was All in the of count humor is essi1iaiyggressive because it says pay attention to Miller said. Maybe that s Why women have terrific tenses of Ito Omeo to finding Many Tang funny but new women seem to be funny Story tears said Bob Elk to a partner in Nott Green productions a television commercial production company in new York. Maybe they dont want to put themselves on the line Don t want to say. Watch me i going to make you laugh if no one laughs Tho be got egg on compel in Ion is also involved. It s a kind of management toot Art Elte climb Way to put people Down or to seize control of a situation by taking Center stage said Date r. Burg a Joum Fisl and script writer. That approval is not always forthcoming. It s a matter of social training Good chips explained. We re not supposed to laugh unless society has Given us permission to laugh in recent yews to cutely has Given Tough to More settings and about More kinds of humor. Studies suggest this is particularly True in single sex groups when women Are with other is not yet True when men and women Are together. In this Case. Goodchilds said Bolh sexes tend to restrain whatever semes of humor they does your building make you sick by Sally Squires Washington Post he symptoms of sick building syndrome can mimic those of merry diseases from flu and colds to More serious lung disorders. Among tha Many signs of this malady Are headaches sinus problems upper respiratory a Petrass Eye it Tatum Runny nose cough dizziness shortness of breath nausea and tight news Vlna Ollie ways to help judge whether an illness might to related to a bulking or a Home is to ask yourself the following questions do the symptoms go away when you leave your office h so. There s a Chance you Are being exposed to some irritant in the workplace. Are the symptoms worse As the week progresses get better on the weekend and then become worse a gain monday such a Cycle could Ira Fichte a sick Buff ring Assoc aled illness. One Way to Leb Iff by keeping a diary of your symptoms Rebecca Bascum. Director of the University of Maryland s environmental re Baich facility. A Tot of people gel headaches and led Bascum says. They notice their headaches More to work when they have to produce but on looking at a diary realize that they have headaches other times and that in is not a Bui Iong felled do any of your co workers suffer from similar complaints have you had any water problems in your office that might have left carpeting or a ceiling tile Damp is your office new new carpeting and furniture May Emit formaldehyde or Plaski eiders for a few months. Has your office been painted recently remodeler cleaned extensively or exterminated any one of these Job Oen Teavor a Kwh Levels of irritants that might be Troi Bing Ryou. Do you to with someone who smokes passive smoking accounts for much particulate in the air which can be irritating to marry non smokers. Particularly those with allergies. 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