Gender differences in using humor to respond to sexist jokes

Julie A. Woodzicka; Robyn K. Mallett; Kala J. Melchiori

doi:10.1515/HUMOR-2019-0018

Gender differences in using humor to respond to sexist jokes

Julie A. Woodzicka, Robyn K. Mallett, Kala J. Melchiori

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Original language	American English
Journal	Humor: International Journal of Humor Research
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/HUMOR-2019-0018
State	Published - May 27 2020

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Linguistics
Applied Linguistics
Psychology

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