article_snippet: If you want to impress a man, don't try to be funny.
article_snippet: Research shows that men aren't hugely attracted to witty women.
article_snippet: Given the choice of a female who makes him laugh, or one that laughs at him jokes, him will choose the latter.
article_snippet: Luckily, women aren't too worried about women jokes being appreciated.
article_snippet: women, it seems, like men who make women smile.
article_snippet: Men prefer it if a woman laughs at Men jokes, rather than witty women research suggests (stock image)
article_snippet: It is thought that women see the ability to make people laugh sign of intelligence – and men have evolved to show off how good men are with words.
article_snippet: The answers revealed that women like men make women like men laugh, while men want to go out with women who appreciate men humour.
article_snippet: As the amount of 'money' on offer rose, the sexes became less rigid in the sexes choices, with the males starting to splash the cash on funny females the women showing more interest in males who found them witty.
article_snippet: The answers revealed that women like men make women like men laugh, while men want to go out with women who appreciate men humour (stock image)
article_snippet: Researcher Liana Hone believes that women see the ability to make people laugh as a sign of intelligence – and of the sort of high quality genes that Researcher Liana Hone'd want in Researcher Liana Hone children.
article_snippet: Given that women tend to be more choosy, men are under pressure to make men laugh.
article_snippet: Miss Hone, who is close to completing her PhD, said: 'Given that humour requires high-level linguistic capacity, women are thought to use humour production as a sign that a man is a mentally-capable suitor.'
article_snippet: However, Researcher Liana Hone said that funny women shouldn't despair.
article_snippet: There is also hope for bachelors who never remember punch lines.
highlights_snippet: Men prefer a woman to like Men jokes rather than make Men laugh .
  
highlights_snippet: But study says women not worried about women own jokes being appreciated .
  