forehead marks (humor)

[Julia Leslie]

>On Wed, 12 Jun 1996 aditya at icanect.net wrote:
>      Q. What does that red dot on women's forehead mean?
>>      A. Well, in ancient times, Indian men used to practice archery
>>         skills by target practicing by aiming at their wife's red dot.
>>         In fact, that is one of the reasons why they had many wives.
>>         You see, once they mastered the art of archery and hit the
>>         target....
>>
>I don't find any humor in above.  It's disrespectful to women..

That's odd. I found it funny precisely because it was so 
disrespectful of men.
Yours in confusion,
Julia Leslie
SOAS