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Word: legmanian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1969-1969
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Potency jokes-another rich vein of Legmanian source material-invariably conceal the fear of inadequacy or impotence behind outrageous boasts: First woman: "Did you hear about the woman who had quadruplets? I understand that only happens once every 60,000 times." Second woman: "My goodness, when does she get her housework done?" Although the characters are women, the perspective is male; as Legman notes, women never compose dirty jokes but are nearly always the butt of them. The alleged insatiability of the female also runs as an undercurrent through that story-providing a way for the male who is worried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex: The Humor of Hostility | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

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