I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.
I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
It's really hard to see yourself and to recognize that you are a human being like everybody else. You just think everybody's judging you.