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The Influence Of Peer Interactions On Sexually Oriented Joke Telling, D. J. Angelone, Richard Hirschman, Sarah Suniga, Michael Armey, Aaron Armelie
The Influence Of Peer Interactions On Sexually Oriented Joke Telling, D. J. Angelone, Richard Hirschman, Sarah Suniga, Michael Armey, Aaron Armelie
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Abstract: Although the negative consequences and prevalence rates of sexual imposition are widely known through self-report surveys, currently there are few laboratory paradigms to examine the determinants of this type of behavior, especially peer sexual harassment. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of two types of peer interactions on peer sexual harassment among college students using a laboratory paradigm of sexually oriented joke telling as an analogue of sexual harassment. Results from two different experiments revealed an effect of type of peer interaction on sexually oriented joke telling. In Experiment 1, male college students, who …