Women don’t always find funny men attractive

So it has always been popular wisdom that being funny, especially on the first date, is a good way to a woman’s heart.

In reality, it seems not to be true.

A new finding from research by a team at the University of Queensland says the funny men may be at a disadvantage.

“We found that, irrespective of sex, participants who laughed more at their partner or received more laughs did not rate their partner as any more or less attractive,” said Henry Wainwright, who led the survey.

“It’s interesting that this result opposes the commonly held belief that women are more attracted to funny men and that men are more attracted to women who find them funny.”

And it does make sense. Because people’s range of humour can move from the funny to the offensive,