I love to see the morris dancers and hear the tunes.
I dont know the history and am not steeped in the tradition but even as a kid it looked like fun and was funny the dancers are usualy smilin and having a good time.
I wouldnt say Morris Dancing is a joke,but like everything else in life there is humour about it.
Can you do a degree in that now?
As for the masculinity or otherwise of the dancers make fun at a safe distance the buggers must be fit to do that all day.