Have you ever been to a party or social engagement and find yourself around a group of men that all get along really well? The jokes and humor starts fueling the conversation they are having and to them it becomes almost a competition to see who can be more outrageous with their story telling.
Depending on the type of guys or the type of work they do the type of humor they use is paramount to the conversation. Sometimes the conversation turns disgusting, but funny disgusting, to the men at least. Trying to be more disgusting than the last guy takes a quick wit and a dirty mind. (which a lot of men have anyway)
I have been to a lot of these types social gatherings and every once and a while a woman will come over to see what all the laughter is about. (Laughter is infectious) But when she hears what they are talking about she instantly takes offense to the topic and you can see the horror on her face.
What she or any woman has to understand is, that the disgusting conversation is not serious, and is meant to be taken as a joke, the over the top disgusting joke is meant as a way to shock the other men into laughter because of the absurdity of the subject, and level of disgusting the other men can reach.
Men don't normally have conversations like this around people they don't know and women in general because they know what they are talking about is offensive, and they can only let loose when they get around other like minded people.
I find it interesting that this is mainly a man thing. I have never heard women go to the extremes that men do when they start ramping up a hilarious conversation. Some women can take the extreme conversation, but they almost never join in, they just just laugh and listen. They know the conversation is meant to be funny.
It doesn't matter what gender you are, but if you happen to be offended by a certain type of conversation led by a group of adult men acting like children, back up slowly and walk away, you'll be better for it.
Scott Goerz
