dirty joke

limerick

occupation / innovator as

journalist

nationality

American

is able to create an arsenal of weapons against neurosis, a defense to ward off anxieties about sex, and under the mask of humor, all men are enemies.

As Mikita Brottman writes, 'In Gershon Legman's 811-page magnum opus, 'The Rationale of the Dirty Joke' (1968), the author sets out his controversial premise that dirty jokes spring from unconscious fears and rages, and are usually directed by males against females. He expounds the theory, following Freud, that dirty jokes are attempts to express or allay people's fears about sex, and to project these anxieties and fears onto others. His theory continued into the second volume published in 1975 and basically argues that dirty jokes create an arsenal of weapons against neurosis, a defense to ward off anxieties about sex, and 'under the mask of humor, all men are enemies.''

 attempts to express or allay people's fears about sex, and to project these anxieties and fears onto others.

 springs from unconscious fears and rages, and are usually directed by males against females. H.

is loathed by most women for the same reason that calves hate cookbooks.

Most women loathe limericks, for the same reason that calves hate cookbooks.

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