Theories and research in the field of disparaging humor were reviewed, and sexist humor was studied as representative of this field. The relationships of sex-role identification, self-esteem, and attitudes toward women to the judgement of humor in sexist material were investigated. The Scale of Sexist Humor, developed for this investigation, utilized a set of 50 cartoons and jokes devised to approximate overlapping standard curves on the dimensions of sexist content and humor. Subjects were 57 males and 70 female undergraduate students. Each subject performed a forced Q^-sort of the cartoons and jokes, thereby rating them on a five-point scale of funniness, then completed instruments designed to evaluate sex-role identification (the Personal Attributes Questionnaire), self-esteem (The Texas Social Behavior Inventory), and attitudes toward women (the Attitudes Toward Women Scale), A demographic information sheet was also obtained from each subject to utilize in ancillary analysis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331960 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Gravley, Norma J. (Norma Jean) |
| Contributors | Peek, Leon A., Van Buskirk, Susan Swann, Burke, Angela J., Doster, Joseph A., 1943- |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 78 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Gravley, Norma J. (Norma Jean), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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