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In the scholarly journal named Modern Drama, Gail Finney writes an article that addresses Comparative Perspectives on Gender and Comedy. Finney notices that there is a relative absence of women in the theater world. He stated that women were a very minor force until the last few decades and that the history of comedy was the history of male comedy. The majority of comic dramatists, comedians, and theorists of comedy have been men. The reaction to female humor is not the same as it would for male humor. Finney points out that, “While women characters may be allowed great freedom and unconventionality in the course of a comedy's disruptive plot, they typically assume or resume traditional female roles by the close of the drama.” British and American women’s comedy presents us with a very different state of affairs. The Importance of Being Earnest defies the typical male roles, by putting forth female characters who use humor throughout the play.