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    Challenges→Fittingness is distinct from moral or strategic appropriateness

    If the sexist content of a joke is part of what makes it the joke it is, then amusement at that content is not fitting because the joke as a whole is not genuinely funny but merely cruel.

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    amusement(as used in aesthetics)
    The feeling of finding something funny or entertaining.
    cruel(as used in ethics)
    Deliberately causing pain, humiliation, or suffering to someone else for entertainment or amusement.
    fitting(as used in aesthetics and ethics)
    Appropriate or reasonable given the circumstances; in this context, it means your emotional response matches what the thing actually deserves.
    genuinely funny(as used in aesthetics)
    Actually deserving of laughter because it's clever, absurd, or amusing in a way that doesn't rely on hurting others.
    sexist content(as used in ethics)
    Jokes or statements that demean, stereotype, or discriminate against people based on their gender.

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