3. There probably aren't going to be as many women as there are men in stand-up comedy for a long, long time.

As far as I can tell, comedy is a white straight boys' club. Yes, I know that I have attended mainly male events thus far at Sketchfest (Garfunkel & Oates is on the list for next week though!) but even at NightLife the comedians were predominantly male. I like boys, I really do (see: Chris Hardwick, above, and my dad), but I wish there were more girls on stage. I would never say that women DON'T have the crazy ego issues men do. I mean, struggling with identity and ego are human problems and it doesn't really help anyone to just say one group of us is more mentally healthy than another group (unless that group is sociopaths or something and then it is just factual accurate, probably). But it's possible that women are generally trained to express their insecurities in different ways than by being funny. Maybe that's why we have so many female strippers?

Anyway, none of this is to say I didn't really enjoy myself at the show. I did! And Sketchfest isn't even over! I have it on good authority that the rest of the shows will be equally thought-provoking and entertaining (go to the shows I just linked to, trust me). So stay tuned for next week when my theories get sharper and I actually see a female comedy show!

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3 Theories I Am Developing About Comedy Based on the Nerdist Podcast: Sketchfest 2013