Humor as related to agression:

1. relations between humor and agression and conflict varies widely across cultures

2. little is known about the role humors plays in both the expression and control of aggression and conflict

3. Two major forms of humor have a role in the expression and control of agression:joking relationships (can be used as a way to let someone know they are going beyong the social norm) and ethnic and subculture hummor

4. use of humor to display aggression and control conflict

5. in small societies that must maintain solidarity, often humor is used to replace physical agression and conflict which would pull the society apart (eskimo sign downs)

6. It helps create group solidarity