Why are there like four women in Mike Sacks' new book, And Here's The Kicker, a Q&A book that has interviews with 21 (largely penis-laden) funny writers? "I asked about 15 top women writers if I could interview them, and all either didn't get back to me or didn't want to do it," he tells Awl pal EA Hanks. Mmm hmm.
Related: "For the second study, Ms. Sands sent identical scripts to artistic directors and literary managers around the country. The only difference was that half named a man as the writer (for example, Michael Walker), while half named a woman (i.e., Mary Walker). It turned out that Mary’s scripts received significantly worse ratings in terms of quality, economic prospects and audience response than Michael’s. The biggest surprise? “These results are driven exclusively by the responses of female artistic directors and literary managers,†Ms. Sands said."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/theater/24play.html
Because talking about how funny you are (or "your craft") immediately makes you not funny. Women know this.
"Tampons aren't funny unless a man is using one."--Chris Hitchens