48 undergraduate males participated in an experiment designed to investigate the hypothesis that prior exposure to sexual humor would reduce the level of aggression directed by angry individuals against the person who had previously provoked them. Ss were first angered or not angered by a male confederate; next, exposed to either neutral, nonhumorous pictures or to 1 of 2 types of sexual humor (nonexploitative, exploitative); and finally, provided with an opportunity to aggress against this individual by means of electric shock. Results indicate that exposure to exploitative sexual humor, but not exposure to nonexploitative sexual humor, significantly reduced the strength of Ss' later attacks against the victim. Findings are discussed in terms of the results of a follow-up study in which 2 groups of male Ss examined the exploitative or nonexploitative sexual cartoons and rated the extent to which they would fantasize about these stimuli, following their removal. Results of this study suggest that individuals are more likely to think or fantasize about exploitative than nonexploitative sexual humor following the removal of such stimuli. (24 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)