Sex, Marital Status, and Self/Actualization as Factors in the Appreciation of Sexist Jokes
- 1 April 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 92 (2) , 245-249
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1974.9923104
Abstract
The study was designed to clarify the role of personality and status in the appreciation of sex-conflict and philosophical humor. As predicted by Priest's intergroup conflict theory, females appreciated antimale humor more than antifemale humor; the opposite was true for males (p < .001). Maslow's concept of distaste for sex-conflict humor among self-actualizers was not supported. Self-actualizers were, however, more profemale in their responses. Married students enjoyed sex-conflict jokes less than philosophical jokes, regardless of target.Keywords
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