Superiority, control, and dominance theories of disparaging humor were reviewed, and sexist humor was studied as representative of the field. The effects of educational level and sex of subject on the judgment of humor in sexist material were investigated, utilizing a set of 50 cartoons and jokes devised to approximate overlapping standard curves on the dimensions sexist content and humor. Subjects were 71 males and 73 females, comprising 84 undergraduates and 60 doctoral graduate students. Each subject performed a forced Q sort of the jokes, with 104 rating for humor and 40 rating for sexism to establish content weights. Subjects' rankings, age, sex, and educational level were recorded upon completion of the task. Significant negative correlations were found between educational level and judgment of humor in sexist material, and female subjects judged sexist material to be significantly less funny than males. Some support was indicated for existing theories.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504264 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Gravley, Norma J. (Norma Jean) |
| Contributors | Peek, Leon A., Van Buskirk, Susan Swann, Burke, Angela J. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 27 leaves, Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton |
| Rights | Public, Gravley, Norma J. (Norma Jean), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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