Does women’s preference for comedy vary across the menstrual cycle?

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Indicates that premenstrual and menstrual women preferred comedy over alternative choices more strongly than did women midway through the cycle. Suggests that this preference reflects a desire to overcome the hormonally mediated noxious mood states that are characteristically associated with the premenstrual and menstrual phases of the cycle.

Source: “Women’s Comedy Preferences during the Menstrual Cycle.” from Communication Research: An International Quarterly, v14 n2 p204-18 Apr 1987

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