GENDER, OBJECT, AND HUMOR

Authors
JACKSON DE JACKSON KA
Citation
De. Jackson et Ka. Jackson, GENDER, OBJECT, AND HUMOR, Current psychology, 15(4), 1997, pp. 286-290
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Current psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10461310
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
286 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
1046-1310(1997)15:4<286:GOAH>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Male and female respondents rated jokes with either a female initiator /male target of joke or vice versa. For male respondents, the gender o f the joke target made no difference. For female respondents, however, jokes with males as tile target received significantly higher ratings than jokes with females as the target.