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The role of identification with women as a determinant of amusement with sexist humor.
- Source :
- Humor: International Journal of Humor Research; 2014, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p441-460, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We conducted two studies to investigate whether the degree to which people identify with women as a social category affects amusement with sexist humor (humor that disparages women) apart from their affective dispositions toward women. Both studies supported our hypothesis showing that male and female participants were more amused by sexist humor the less they identified with -- the more they felt psychologically distant from -- women as a social category. Study 2 further demonstrated that empathy with women as a social category was not related to amusement with sexist humor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SEXISM
AMUSEMENTS
WOMEN
IDENTIFICATION (Psychology)
EMPATHY
WIT & humor
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09331719
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Humor: International Journal of Humor Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 98563730
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2014-0071