Curry, Comedy and Cakes

Last night (29th Nov) I went for a meal with my college tutor and other members of the writing class I attended recently.
     It was great to chat in a social way with one's peers.  Although I am on an (almost) equal footing with these guys, I still hold them in very high regard.  Whether that is because in some silly way I feel that they are superior writers than myself i'm not sure.  It's always something i concern myself over.  I wouldnt say i'm insecure but of my abilities as a writer have always been something of an issue.  On the up side of this i am assured (by my peers) that i have as much ability as anyone else.
     And so to the meal.  We met in a very nice place called The Goddard Arms.  The layout is very comfortable, and they even had 'Ambient' lighting (or was it just dark?) Anyway, the food was nice (Chicken Tikka on skewers, and Chicken Tikka Masala) but more importantly the company was great, a range of topics were discussed and we had a lot of laughs along the way;
     You may (or may not, depending on how observant you are) have noticed the video of little ole me doing Stand up.  Well, this was one of the topics we talked about.  Hotly discussed was the fact of whether there is too much reliance on profanity in comedy these days.  This, of course depends on the context of the routine and who is delivering it.  If you hear the name Roy 'Chubby' Brown, you automatically think of rudeness, racism and really crude jokes, mostly containing the C-word (and thats just how i'd describe him). 
     My friend Tom took slight exception to Sarah Millican, who he believes to be crude.  I leapt to her defence, and argued that there are not enough female comics of her quality and there needs to be a higher percentage in comparison to men.  Anyone would think i'm a feminist by saying that, but no, just a realist who happens to think jokes about cakes and periods are right on, sister!  At one time men got away with making jokes about their mothers in law, their wives and how fat they are;  Obviously this is no longer acceptable, because, for one thing its no longer 1975, and secondly, Bernard Manning is no longer the height of stand up sophistication.  My point is that female comics are allowed to get away with jokes about their boyfriends, cakes and 'women's problems' because i'm sure they have had to put up with jokes about their mothers, weight gain, etc for long enough.