What’s in a Tweet? Gender and sexism moderate reactions to antifat sexist humor on Twitter

Greenwood, Dara N.; Gautam, Richa

doi:10.1515/humor-2019-0026

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“…There are multiple studies related to the language used to talk about women that enable us to identify social inequalities and violence in gender relationships ( Kollock et al, 1985 ; Jenkins and Aube, 2002 ; Holmes, 2006 ; Talbot, 2006 ; Boonzaier, 2008 ; Newman et al, 2008 ; Greenwood and Gautam, 2020 ). Language is a central tool in human life according to words Parodi’s (2009) , and for this reason research on language and gender is studied by scholars from diverse disciplines, according to Talbot (2006) .…”

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“…In the case of humor and jokes, milestone works have already pointed out how jokes exercise a double function: they are used to maintain healthy relationships and friendship, and to perpetuate power relationships ( Hay, 2000 ; Holmes, 2006 ; McCann et al, 2010 ; Rees and Monrouxe, 2010 ; Abedinifard, 2016 ; Greenwood and Gautam, 2020 ). Our work is focused on the latter function.…”

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“Come on! He Has Never Cooked in His Life!” New Alternative Masculinities Putting Everything in Its Place

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Communicative acts of some women are perpetuating the dominance that DTM (Dominant Traditional Masculinities) have over both women and OTM (Oppressed Traditional Masculinities). Some women use language in a disdainful manner to reprimand oppressed men’s behavior in daily life situations, the same behavior that such women would not reproach to DTM. But NAM (New Alternative Masculinities) are reacting to this. This article analyzes the communicative acts employed in all these situations, both those produced by women and DTM, as well as NAM’s communicative acts in response to those offenses. Data was collected using communicative daily life stories of give women and three men with diverse profiles and different levels of participation in women’s and men’s movements. Findings highlight, from the transformative dimension of the communicative methodology, that the use of language of desire in NAM’s reactions is effective not only to make justice with men who have never executed violence on women, but also to undermine the attractiveness of both DTM’s behavior and the comments of some women on such behavior. These findings complement previous research on preventive socialization of gender violence by broadening scientific knowledge on NAM’s communicative acts that prevent and eradicate gender-based violence. Further research ought to broaden the evidence of how some women who defend feminist values sometimes do not support and even tease or reprimand men who practice these values; moreover, an important line could analyze the way people talk about men with NAM attitudes to hold back reprimands in comparison to how people talk about men who follow a DTM model.

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“…HS (more than BS) was also associated with general attitudes that justify and trivialize workplace sexual harassment (M. C. Herrera et al, 2018; T. E. Page et al, 2016). When evaluating workplace sexual harassment cases, HS (more than BS) in women and men predicted blaming the woman victim (i.e., finding her behavior inappropriate; Greenwood & Gautam, 2020) and exoneration of the man perpetrator (i.e., finding his behavior less severe; Wiener et al, 1997). Asking people to take the reasonable woman (vs. person) perspective in work-related sexual harassment cases mitigated the negative effects of HS on evaluating the case (Wiener et al, 2010;Wiener & Hurt, 2000).…”

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“…AMBIVALENT SEXISM: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW or critically (Ford, 2000;Mallett et al, 2016), implying HS's sensitivity to social cues rejecting this behavior. Most of these articles examined only men (Ford et al, 2001(Ford et al, , 2008(Ford et al, , 2013Romero-Sánchez et al, 2010, with those examining also women finding effects also for them (Ford, 2000;Greenwood & Gautam, 2020;Mallett et al, 2016;but cf. Sriwattanakomen, 2017).…”

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“…These articles implemented measures of behavioral intentions (i.e., likelihood of repeating or retweeting sexist jokes; Greenwood & Gautam, 2020;Thomas & Esses, 2004) or behavioral paradigms of gender harassment in which the participants could send stereotypical jokes to a woman partner in a joint task (Diehl et al, 2018; see also the sexual harassment domain). The evidence suggests that HS in men is associated with the likelihood of (Greenwood & Gautam, 2020;Thomas & Esses, 2004) and taking part in (Diehl et al, 2012(Diehl et al, , 2018Siebler et al, 2008) releasing stereotypical jokes. These effects did not emerge for BS (Greenwood & Gautam, 2020;Thomas & Esses, 2004) and women (Greenwood & Gautam, 2020).…”

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A systematic review of the ambivalent sexism literature: Hostile sexism protects men’s power; benevolent sexism guards traditional gender roles.

Bareket,

Fiske

2023

Psychological Bulletin

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According to ambivalent sexism theory (Glick & Fiske, 1996), the coexistence of gendered power differences and mutual interdependence creates two apparently opposing but complementary sexist ideologies: hostile sexism (HS; viewing women as manipulative competitors who seek to gain power over men) coincides with benevolent sexism (BS; a chivalrous view of women as pure and moral, yet weak and passive, deserving men’s protection and admiration, as long as they conform). The research on these ideologies employs the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory, used extensively in psychology and allied disciplines, often to understand the roles sexist attitudes play in reinforcing gender inequality. Following contemporary guidelines, this systematic review utilizes a principled approach to synthesize the multidisciplinary empirical literature on ambivalent sexism. After screening 1,870 potentially relevant articles and fully reviewing 654 eligible articles, five main domains emerge in ambivalent sexism research (social ideologies, violence, workplace, stereotypes, intimate relationships). The accumulating evidence across domains offers bottom-up empirical support for ambivalent sexism as a coordinated system to maintain control over women (and sometimes men). Hostile sexism acts through the direct and diverse paths of envious/resentful prejudices, being more sensitive to power and sexuality cues; Benevolent sexism acts through prejudices related to interdependence (primarily gender-based paternalism and gender-role differentiation), enforcing traditional gender relations and being more sensitive to role-related cues. Discussion points to common methodological limitations, suggests guidelines, and finds future avenues for ambivalent sexism research.

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Contextual Constraints on Internet Humour

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2023

Pragmatics of Internet Humour

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What’s in a Tweet? Gender and sexism moderate reactions to antifat sexist humor on Twitter

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

“Come on! He Has Never Cooked in His Life!” New Alternative Masculinities Putting Everything in Its Place

“Come on! He Has Never Cooked in His Life!” New Alternative Masculinities Putting Everything in Its Place

A systematic review of the ambivalent sexism literature: Hostile sexism protects men’s power; benevolent sexism guards traditional gender roles.

Contextual Constraints on Internet Humour

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