Engineering360: "Being funny at work has different perceptions for men and women"

I believe the issue with this study is that the 'actors' were either being themselves or not. That can have the biggest impression on an audience.

When a speaker is trying to be something they are not, it is very apparent to the audience. I've seen males trying to funny when it is not in their personality and it is strained and awkward. I've seen plenty of females who can interleave humor into their presentations and come across as truly genuine because they live by a certain sense of humor and it is part of their persona.

Can people change? Absolutely. But it takes time and experiences to add the richness to a person's palette. When I was younger, I was not a funny person per se but it seems to become easier now that I am older and it is easier to see the absurdities in life. The funniest things have always been those things that are true.

Very well put in my opinion. Studies are no different from anything else in life, garbage in/garbage out. So many studies could use studying before being reported. Perhaps more to the point correlation is not causation.