Appreciation of risqué cartoon humor in male and female repressors and sensitizers.
Male and female nondefensive sensitizers, defensive repressors and nondefensive repressors were instructed to rate the degree of humor in each of 40 cartoons. The cartoons, which previously had been equated for funniness, either contained sexual themes or were completely devoid of sexual content. As hypothesized, female repressors rated sexual cartoons as less humorous than nonsexual cartoons. In addition, female sensitizers rated sexual cartoons as funnier than did female repressors. No differences were found for male Ss. Results were interpreted according to an approach-avoidance model of repression-sensitization.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012095:Repression-Sensitization; D012723:Sex; D012737:Sex Factors; D012928:Social Desirability; D014796:Visual Perception; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic