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Psychology behind the unfunny consequences of jokes that denigrate

  • Written by Thomas E. Ford, Professor of Social Psychology, Western Carolina University
imageA joke isn't just a joke.elycefeliz, CC BY-NC-ND

Q: Why did the woman cross the road?

A: Who cares! What the hell is she doing out of the kitchen?

Q: Why hasn’t NASA sent a woman to the moon?

A: It doesn’t need cleaning yet!

These two jokes represent disparagement humor – any attempt to amuse through the denigration of a social group...

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