Sex, Marital Status, and Self/Actualization as Factors in the Appreciation of Sexist Jokes

Priest, Robert F.; Wilhelm, Paul G.

doi:10.1080/00224545.1974.9923104

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“…Prior to the Mundorf et al (1988) classic study, research suggested that both men and women appreciated sexist jokes targeting women more so than those targeting men, with a few exceptions (Henkin and Fish 1986;Priest and Wilhelm 1974), primarily due to women subjugating themselves to a maledominated society (Cantor 1976;Losco and Epstein 1975;Zillman and Stocking 1976). Using both cartoons and jokes, Mundorf's results revealed a different story.…”

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Mediation and moderation in ratings of hostile jokes by men and women

Abel

Flick²

2012

Humor

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Two studies were conducted to examine sex differences in enjoyment of hostile jokes targeting men and women with a focus on examining mediation effects of masculinity and femininity and moderation effects of the jokes' offensiveness. These studies continued to support men and women enjoying jokes targeting the opposite sex more so than jokes targeting the same sex. However, in Study 1, masculinity and femininity mediated these differences for men with higher masculinity related to greater enjoyment of the female hostile jokes and higher femininity related to greater enjoyment of the male hostile jokes. Masculinity alone mediated the differences for women with higher masculinity related to greater enjoyment of the female-targeted jokes and yet, no relationship existed with femininity. In Study 2, both men and women rated the female-targeted jokes as more offensive than the male-targeted jokes. A moderation effect for the jokes' offensiveness occurred for women who rated highly offensive maletargeted jokes funnier than highly offensive female-targeted jokes. No effect for offensiveness occurred for men; men rated both offensive female-targeted and male-targeted jokes equally funny even though they rated the female jokes as more offensive.

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Mediation and moderation in ratings of hostile jokes by men and women

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Flick²

2012

Humor

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“…Female students have also judged anti-male jokes as more funny than anti-female jokes, and the converse holds too: males have shown greater appreciation for anti-female jokes (20).…”

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Is Sexual Humor Sexist?

Chapman

Gadfield

1976

Journal of Communication

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“…In Priest and Wilhelm's (1974) study, males' ratings of anti-female jokes as humorous were higher than females', whereas females found anti-male jokes to be funnier than anti-female jokes. Chapman and Gadfield (1976) found that men's funniness ratings of sexist sexual cartoons were higher than women's, although there were no gender differences in the appreciation of non-sexist sexual cartoons.…”

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

Diaconu-Muresan¹,

Stewart²

2010

Journal of Gender Studies

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Sexist humor is pervasive in Romanian culture, as it is in many others. Adopting a social constructionist perspective, we examined the reactions of Romanian college students to three sexist jokes, as well as predictors of those reactions. Women, respondents with a feminist identity and those who identified with the targets of the jokes were least likely to react favorably to the jokes. A considerable proportion of the participants believed that sexist jokes carry misogynist messages and negatively influence women's social status. We conclude that even among this population of students who have not been significantly exposed to feminist discourse, sexist humor is sometimes resisted, rather than being viewed as harmless and inconsequential.

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Sex, Marital Status, and Self/Actualization as Factors in the Appreciation of Sexist Jokes

Cited by 26 publications

References 2 publications

Mediation and moderation in ratings of hostile jokes by men and women

Mediation and moderation in ratings of hostile jokes by men and women

Is Sexual Humor Sexist?

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

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