title: Sexist Humor and Rape Proclivity: The Moderating Role of Joke Teller Gender and Severity of Sexual Assault.
abstract: Three experiments examined the effect of sexist humor on men's self-reported rape proclivity (RP). Pilot study demonstrated that people differentiate the five rape scenarios of Bohner et al.'s. RP Scale based on the degree of physical violence perpetrated against the victim. Experiment 1 demonstrated that men higher in hostile sexism report greater RP upon exposure to sexist jokes when a woman (vs. a man) delivers them, and that this effect is limited to rape scenarios depicting a moderate versus a high level of physical violence. Experiment 2 further demonstrated that the relationship between hostile sexism and rape proclivity in response to a moderately violent rape scenario after exposure to sexist humor generalizes beyond women in the immediate humor context to women as a whole.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romero-Sánchez
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carretero-Dios
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Megías
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moya
authors.affiliation: 2 Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D063507:Sexism / Q000523:psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000523:psychology*; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: rape proclivity; sexism; sexist humor