Sexist humor is a common form of disparagement humor that is nonetheless understudied in romantic attraction contexts. Three experiments investigated how sexist humor is perceived and received during relationship initiation. In Study 1 (n = 262) participants rated self‐directed sexist humor as more affiliative (only women), less aggressive, and more self‐defeating than other‐directed sexist humor. Study 2 (n = 209) replicated these findings and found that women romantically preferred men who used self‐ rather than other‐directed sexist humor, an effect mediated by perceived warmth. Self‐directed sexist humor's attractiveness advantage persisted in Study 3 (n = 667), which also included manipulations of self‐disparaging, group‐disparaging, and benign humor. Results suggest a romantic cost for men telling sexist jokes that disparage women.

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性别歧视性感吗？刻板的幽默如何影响浪漫的吸引力

性别歧视的幽默是贬低幽默的一种常见形式，尽管如此，在浪漫的吸引力背景下仍未对其进行研究。三个实验研究了在关系建立过程中如何感知和接受性别歧视幽默。在研究1中（n = 262），参与者将自我指导的性别歧视幽默定为比其他定向的性别歧视幽默感更强（仅女性），攻击性更强，更自欺欺人。研究2（n = 209）重复了这些发现，发现女性在浪漫上偏爱使用自我而非其他性别歧视的男人，这种感觉是由感知到的温暖介导的。自我导向的性别歧视幽默的吸引力优势在研究3（n= 667），其中还包括自我贬低，群体贬低和良性幽默的操纵。结果表明，男人讲性别歧视男人的笑话会使女人失望，这是一个浪漫的代价。