Romanian college students' reactions to sexist humor: description and predictors

Diaconu-Muresan, Ada; Stewart, Mary W.

doi:10.1080/09589236.2010.494344

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“…Similarly, Montemurro (2003) argued that sexist humor strengthens a social system that trivializes and promotes sexism. Furthermore, Crawford (2000) and others (Bemiller & Schneider, 2010; Diaconu-Muresan & Stewart, 2010) have theorized that sexist humor helps to maintain a sexist social order. Collectively, these findings suggest that sexist humor not only influences interactions at an interpersonal level, but it also contributes to shaping the larger social structure.…”

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Sexist Humor and Rape Proclivity: The Moderating Role of Joke Teller Gender and Severity of Sexual Assault

Romero-Sánchez

Carretero‐Dios

Megías

et al. 2016

Violence Against Women

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Three experiments examined the effect of sexist humor on men's self-reported rape proclivity (RP). Pilot study demonstrated that people differentiate the five rape scenarios of Bohner et al.'s. RP Scale based on the degree of physical violence perpetrated against the victim. Experiment 1 demonstrated that men higher in hostile sexism report greater RP upon exposure to sexist jokes when a woman (vs. a man) delivers them, and that this effect is limited to rape scenarios depicting a moderate versus a high level of physical violence. Experiment 2 further demonstrated that the relationship between hostile sexism and rape proclivity in response to a moderately violent rape scenario after exposure to sexist humor generalizes beyond women in the immediate humor context to women as a whole.

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Sexist Humor and Rape Proclivity: The Moderating Role of Joke Teller Gender and Severity of Sexual Assault

Romero-Sánchez

Carretero‐Dios

Megías

et al. 2016

Violence Against Women

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“…For instance, Greenwood and Isbell (2002) found that men who responded positively to misogynistic jokes were especially likely to be hostile toward women (Greenwood & Isbell, 2002). The propensity to find humor in sexist jokes may vary by sex; in their study, Diaconu-Muresan and Stewart (2010) found that women exhibited more negative responses to sexist jokes than did men. Furthermore, participants who endorsed a feminist identity were less likely to respond positively to sexist jokes than were those low in feminist identity.…”

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Think About It: Cognitive Load and the Trolley Scenario as an Analogue of Gun Violence

Ramsden¹

2015

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“…Sexist humor involves the denigration of women through the fortification of gender inequality (Ford et al , 2013; Riquelme et al , 2019). It is, therefore, not surprising that research evidence has suggested that women who possess feminist identity react less favorably to sexist jokes (Diaconu-Muresan and Stewart, 2010). In contrast, both men and women feel amusement from sexist humor when they are psychologically detached from women as a social class (Kochersberger et al , 2014).…”

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“…Leaders and managers need to devise practices and policies to better deal with subtle sexism in such forms as disparaging humor. Given its capacity to reinforce norms of tolerance toward sexism (Ford, 2000; Greenwood and Isbell, 2002), sexist humor reduces the sense of a safe work environment (Gray and Ford, 2013) and can cultivate a hostile work environment that promotes discrimination (Woodzicka et al , 2020; Diaconu-Muresan and Stewart, 2010; Lawless et al , 2020). We hope our paper will stimulate further research that explores the dynamics of gender and humor at work, with the intent of improving the work environment for all members.…”

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“…Consistent with the observation above, Ford et al (2008) suggested that sexist humor has the capacity to trivialize sex discrimination “under the veil of benign amusement […]” (p. 159). This may explain why sexist humor has traditionally offered a safe way for the perpetrators to express their prejudice (Diaconu-Muresan and Stewart, 2010; Ford et al , 2008; Saucier et al , 2018). Given the ambiguity that can be conveyed in sexist humor (Kenny and Euchler, 2012), it can often be ignored though it leaves a negative impact on the victims (Hack et al , 2020).…”

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Do you know when you are the punchline? Gender-based disparagement humor and target perceptions

Tabassum

Karakowsky²

2022

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Purpose This paper aims to draw upon extant theory and research to delineate the fundamental factors that impact how women evaluate disparaging humor directed at them. The conceptual framework presented outlines the most fundamental organizational-, interpersonal- and individual-level factors that influence the accuracy of such evaluation. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper that offers both a review of extant humor and gender research and theory and the presentation of a theoretical model that classifies sources of influence on evaluations of sexist humor from the perspective of the target. Findings Organization-, interpersonal- and individual-level factors are identified as sources of influence on women’s perception and evaluation of sexist humor leveled at them. This classification identifies factors including organizational power dynamics, egalitarian norms, interpersonal trust, target self-esteem and feminist identity. Research limitations/implications This paper offers a conceptual framework to guide future studies in more systematically examining the sources of influence on female targets’ capacity to recognize when they are the “punchline” of sexist humor. Practical implications The conceptual model developed in this paper offers important implications for managers and leaders in organizations in assisting targets to recognize instances of sexist humor directed at them. The aim is to arm potential victims with the knowledge necessary to foster awareness of their treatment in the workplace and to improve the accuracy of evaluation of workplace attitudes that may often nurture a sense of approval or apathy regarding displays of sexist humor. Originality/value This paper presents a novel classification of sources of influence on female targets’ evaluation of sexist humor in the workplace.

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Romanian college students' reactions to sexist humor: description and predictors

Cited by 4 publications

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Sexist Humor and Rape Proclivity: The Moderating Role of Joke Teller Gender and Severity of Sexual Assault

Sexist Humor and Rape Proclivity: The Moderating Role of Joke Teller Gender and Severity of Sexual Assault

Think About It: Cognitive Load and the Trolley Scenario as an Analogue of Gun Violence

Do you know when you are the punchline? Gender-based disparagement humor and target perceptions

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