Abstract We examine the degree to which women and men use humor to confront sexist jokes. We also test the social benefits and perceived effectiveness of confronting with humor. One-hundred-sixty-four (46% female) participants read about a male coworker who made a sexist joke and reported how they would respond in an open-ended format. Women were more likely than men to say they would respond with humor. Specifically, 16% of women, compared to 4.5% of men, spontaneously provided a humorous confrontation. Participants then read a second scenario that asked them to imagine a male friend making a sexist joke. We manipulated the confronter’s gender and the type of confrontation (humorous versus serious) in the scenario. Confronters who used a humorous (versus serious) response were rated as more likeable but less effective. People often hesitate to confront sexism for fear of social repercussions. Given that humorous confrontation reduces social backlash, it might be worth slightly lower perceived effectiveness to increase overall rates of confronting sexism.

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使用幽默回应性别歧视笑话的性别差异

摘要 我们研究了女性和男性使用幽默来对抗性别歧视笑话的程度。我们还测试了面对幽默的社会效益和感知效果。164 名（46% 女性）参与者阅读了一位男性同事的性别歧视笑话，并以开放式的形式报告了他们将如何回应。女性比男性更有可能说她们会用幽默来回应。具体而言，与 4.5% 的男性相比，16% 的女性自发地提供了幽默的对抗。参与者然后阅读第二个场景，让他们想象一个男性朋友开一个性别歧视的笑话。我们在场景中操纵了对抗者的性别和对抗的类型（幽默还是严肃）。使用幽默（相对于严肃）回应的面对面被评为更讨人喜欢但效率较低。人们常常因为害怕社会影响而不愿面对性别歧视。鉴于幽默对抗可以减少社会反弹，因此提高对抗性别歧视的总体比率可能会稍微降低感知效率。