Sex Roles

Papers
(The median citation count of Sex Roles is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Feminist Beliefs, Not Gender Equality Primes, Shape Self-Reported Partner Preferences77
Author Correction: “I Think Most of Society Hates Us”: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Interviews with Incels61
Mind the Gap: Gender, Racial, and Educational Differences in American Gender Attitudes from 1977 to 201838
Associations Between Women’s and Men’s Conformity to Gender Norms and Bystander Intervention to Disrupt Sexual Assault37
The Gendered Resource Dilution: Sibling Structure, Parental Non-Monetary Investment, and Child Housework Labor in China34
Orgasm Frequency Predicts Desire and Expectation for Orgasm: Assessing the Orgasm Gap within Mixed-Sex Couples32
“There’s No Sewing Classes, There’s No Bedazzling Seminars”: The Impact of Masculinity on Social Connectedness and Mental Health for Men Living in Inner-Regional Australia30
Unmarried Black Women’s Sexual Socialization: The Role of Dating, Motherhood, and Intimate Partner Violence Across Media Types28
“Even Here”: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Gender Bias Incidents at a Selective Liberal Arts College27
“Sport Belongs to Everyone… But Not During Pregnancy”: Views of Finnish Sport Stakeholders on Pregnancy in Sport26
Benevolent Sexism in the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP): A Case Study of Texas House Bill 225
Tech-Savvy Men and Caring Women: Middle School Students’ Gender Stereotypes Predict Interest in Tech-Education24
Who is Responsible for Remembering? Everyday Prospective Memory Demands in Parenthood23
Effectiveness of Interventions for Transgender Prejudice Reduction: A Meta-Analysis22
Motor Skill Learning in Iranian Girls: Effects of a Relatively Long Induction of Gender Stereotypes18
Development and Validation of the Ambivalent Homoprejudice Toward Lesbian Women at Work Scale17
Gender, Self-Stereotyping, and Life Goals Predict Career Interest in Germany, Nigeria, and Turkey17
“It Wasn’t Meant for Gays”: Lesbian Women’s and Gay Men’s Reactions to the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory16
Correction to: Children’s Evaluations of Gender Non-Conforming Peers16
Sociocultural Messages about Gender Dysphoria (Dis)Align with the Lived Experiences of Trans and Nonbinary Individuals: A Qualitative Study15
The Precarity of Progress: Implications of a Shifting Gendered Division of Labor for Relationships and Well-Being as a Function of Country-Level Gender Equality15
Cloaked in Kindness: Bystander Responses to Witnessed Benevolent and Hostile Sexism13
Gender Confirmation Work, Rest, and Symbolic Boundaries in (Trans)Gender Support Groups13
“A Fire in my Belly:” Conceptualizing U.S. Women’s Experiences of “Mom Rage”13
Men’s Help-Seeking Willingness and Disclosure of Depression: Experimental Evidence for the Role of Pluralistic Ignorance13
Diverse Gender Identity Development: A Qualitative Synthesis and Development of a New Contemporary Framework12
Achieving Equality or Persisting Inequality: Effects of Framing of Equality on Attitudes Toward Women and Gender Equality Through Identity Threat and Cognitive Unfreezing12
Perceptions of Trans Dating and Romantic Partners: The Role of Gender and Transphobia12
Masculinity and Condom Use: Using a Rejection Sensitivity Framework to Understand Women’s Condom Negotiation in Mixed-Gender Sexual Encounters12
An Adapted Sociocultural Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating Among Midlife Men12
Masculinity and Muscle Dysmorphia in Mixed Gender Canadian Youth12
Gendered Division of Digital Labor in Parenting: A Qualitative Study in Urban China11
Like Parent, like Child: General and Specific Associations Between Parents’ and Children’s Binary Gender Identity in a Gender Egalitarian Context11
Transgender Knowledge Mediates U.S. Political Differences in Prejudice and Support for Trans-inclusive Policies11
Correction to: An Adapted Sociocultural Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating among Midlife Men11
Comparison, Competition, and Consumption: The 3Cs of Contemporary Motherhood in the Context of Children’s Education10
Identifying Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Patterns and Co-occurrence of Post-Breakup Stalking Among South Korean Men10
Assault Typologies of College Rape Victims: A Mixed Methods Investigation10
The Contribution of Gender Equality to the Coexistence of Progressive Abortion and Sexual Orientation Laws10
Collective Action on Behalf of Women: Testing the Conceptual Distinction Between Traditional Collective Action and Small Acts in College Women10
The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Computer Science Faculty’s Turnover Intentions: The Role of Gender10
Traditionally and Narrowly Defined: Gender Portrayals in Television Programming Targeting Babies and Toddlers10
Gender Differences in the Work and Home Spheres for Teachers, and Longitudinal Associations with Depressive Symptoms in a Swedish Cohort10
Career Identities and Gender-STEM Stereotypes: When and Why Implicit Gender-STEM Associations Emerge and How They Affect Women’s College Major Choice10
The Gendered Influence of Cross-Gender Friends on the Development of Adolescents’ Gender Role Attitudes9
Male Victimhood Ideology Among Korean Men: Is It Economic Hardship or Perceived Status Decline?9
“A Recipe for Disaster?”: Female-Breadwinner Relationships Threaten Heterosexual Scripts9
Strong Hero or Violent Playboy? Portrayals of Masculinity in Children’s Animated Movies9
Explaining Societal Shifts in Victim Blaming and Perpetrator Culpability for Sexual Violence: Evidence From the #MeToo Era9
Identifying Pathways to the Incel Community and Where to Intervene: A Qualitative Study with Former Incels9
Riot Like a Girl? Gender-Stereotypical Associations Boost Support for Feminist Online Campaigns9
It Takes Two to Tango: Links Between Traditional Beliefs About both Men’s and Women’s Gender Roles and Comfort Initiating Sex and Comfort Refusing Sex9
In Their Footsteps or Shadow? Gender Differences in Choosing a STEM Major as a Function of Sibling Configuration and Older Sibling’s Gender and Math Ability9
My Body, My Choice? Examining the Distinct Profiles Underlying Attitudes Toward Abortion and COVID-19 Mandates8
Beyond the Barbell: Women in Strength-Based Sports and the Reshaping of Gender Norms8
Changes in Sexual, Romantic, and Gender Identities Across the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study8
Fiber Arts Require Spatial Skills: How a Stereotypically Feminine Practice Can Help Us Understand Spatial Skills and Improve Spatial Learning8
“When It Fits Wrong, I’m So Self-Conscious I Want to Die!”: Women’s Experiences Wearing Plus-Size Exercise Clothing8
Caring or Competent? Apparent Prioritization of Childcare Over Work Affects Evaluations and Stereotyping of Fathers8
Correction to: Raising Resilient Black Women: A Study of Superwoman Mothering and Strength as a Form of Gendered Racial Socialization in Black Mother-Daughter Relationships8
The “Princess Syndrome”: An Examination of Gender Harassment on a Male-Majority University Campus8
Too Tired to Lean In? Sleep Quality Impacts Women’s Daily Intentions to Pursue Workplace Status8
The Sexual Objectification Experiences of Non-Binary People: Embodied Impacts and Acts of Resistance7
Unmasking Street Harassment in Spain: Prevalence, Psychological Impact, and the Role of Sexism in Women’s Experiences7
Workplace Experiences of Muslim Women in STEM in Canada: An Intersectional Qualitative Analysis7
Implicit and Explicit Sexist Attitudes Towards Women Drivers7
Navigating Abortion Stigma: Abortion Identity Centrality, Stigma Management Strategies, and Psychological Outcomes7
Nonverbal Gendered Cues as Accurate Signals of Sexual Orientation7
People Overestimate Backlash Against Helpers Who Violate Gender Stereotypes: Experimental Examination of a Prosociality Paradox7
Spatial Skills and Self-Perceived Masculinity: Considering College Major STEM-ness, Directionality, and Gender7
Perceptions of Parental Responses to Gender Stereotype Violations in Children7
The Unbearable Weight of Gender Inequalities: Development and Validation of the Social Treatment and Experiences of Women (STEW) Scale7
Do Images Speak Louder Than Words? Effects of Body Positive and Fitspiration Quotes and Images on State Body Image in Women and Men7
The Sex-Based Harassment Inventory: A Gender Status Threat Measure of Sex-Based Harassment Intentions7
Do Virtual Environments Close the Gender Gap in Participation in Question-and-Answer Sessions at Academic Conferences? In Search of Moderation by Conference Format7
Instrumentality Gives Girls the Edge: Gender-Differential Relations Between Instrumentality, Achievement Motivation, and Self-Esteem6
Testing an Integrated Biopsychosocial Model of Adolescent Girls’ Body Shame: Considering the Role of Pubertal Development6
Is Online Disinhibition Related to Cyberdating Abuse Perpetration through Moral Disengagement? The Moderating Role of Gender, Sexism, and Cybervictimization6
Women’s Engagement in Political Discussion on Twitter: The Role of Gender Salience, Resources, and Race/Ethnicity6
Revealing Gender Double Standards in the Parenthood Norm Depends on Question Order6
Punishing Women for Miscarriage: The role of Political Orientation and Hostile Sexism6
Mean Girls in Disguise? Associations Between Vulnerable Narcissism and Perpetration of Bullying Among Women6
Accounting for First-Time Motherhood at Advanced Maternal Age: Risk, Temporality, and the Preservation of Stratified Reproduction6
Flourishing in a Binary World: The Creation of Transgender Alternative Narratives6
Macho or Nerd: Perceptions of Masculinity, Social Environment, and Science Capital Utilization Among Adolescent STEM Students5
Feminism, Femininity, and Negative Embodiment: A Contemporary Meta-Analytic Test5
Effects of Gender-Fair Language on the Cognitive Representation of Women in Stereotypically Masculine Occupations and Occupational Self-Efficacy Among Primary School Girls and Boys5
Bisexual Women’s Meaning Making of Same-Sex Performativity: Orientation Towards a Heteropatriarchal Context5
Blame of Rape Victims and Perpetrators in China: The Role of Gender, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Situational Factors5
Correction to: Strategic Masculine Disinvestment: Understanding Contemporary Transformations of Masculinity and Their Psychosocial Implications5
Cultural Beliefs About Manhood Predict Anti-LGBTQ+ Attitudes and Policies5
A Qualitative Analysis of the Fertility Experience and Gender Identity in Young Women Following Hysterectomy for Benign Disease5
A Critical Review of Measures of Gender Equitable Attitudes: Recommendations for Conceptualization and Future Assessment5
Doing and Redoing Emphasized Femininity: How Women Use Emotion Work to Manage Competing Expectations in College Hookup Culture5
Gender Categorization and Stereotypes Beyond the Binary5
Like Father, Like Son: Empirical Insights into the Intergenerational Continuity of Masculinity Ideology5
“It Literally Makes Me Feel Harder to Kill”: A Qualitative Study of the Perceived Benefits of Recreational Martial Arts Practice Among Women Sexual Assault Survivors5
Is Marriage Associated With Decreases or Increases in Sexism?5
Devaluation of Women’s Sexual Pleasure: Role of Relationship Context and Endorsement of the Madonna-Whore Dichotomy5
Humorous Responses to Gender Injustice: The Contrasting Effects of Efficacy and Emotions on Women’s Collective Action Intentions5
Media Portrayals of Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Comparative Analysis of News Headlines Across Europe5
Dangerous Motivations: Understanding How Marginalization Relates to Benevolent Sexism Through Threat Perceptions5
Do Scales Measuring Sexist Attitudes have Equivalent Meaning for Sexual Minorities and Majorities?5
Alcohol Use and Hostility Toward Women: Individual and Perceived Peer Attitudes Shape College Men's Consent Behavior5
Picturing Sexual Agency: A Visual Content Analysis of Adults’ Sexual Stereotypes of Young Women5
Same Place, Different Worlds: An Emergent Fit Analysis of the Experiences of Iranian Trans Women and Trans Men5
Testing the Internal Consent Scale for Measurement Invariance Across Women and Men5
Acknowledging that Men are Moral and Harmed by Gender Stereotypes Increases Men’s Willingness to Engage in Collective Action on Behalf of Women5
Sexist Attitudes, Relationship Conflict and Satisfaction in Heterosexual Couples, and Men’s and Women’s Wellbeing5
Outperformance-Related Discomfort: Another Factor in Women’s Under-Representation in STEM?5
Fleshing Out the Ways Masculinity Threat and Traditional Masculinity Ideology Relate to Meat-Eating and Environmental Attitudes in Australian Men5
Thank You for Sharing: Body-Positive and Humour Parody Images Increase Women’s Body Satisfaction and Predict Collective Action Intentions Via Gratitude4
Gender Stereotypes and Peer Selection in STEM Domains Among Children and Adolescents4
Context Matters: Differential Gendering of Physics in Arabic-speaking, Hebrew-speaking, and Single-Sex State Schools in Israel4
Women’s Well-Being Post-Partum: The Role of Self-Objectification and Self-Compassion4
Some Gender Stereotypes Persist in Filipino TV Ads: A Content Analytic Investigation of TV Advertising in 2010 and 20204
Recent Increases in Vegetarianism may be Limited to Women: A 15-Year Study of Young Adults at an American University4
Strategic Masculine Disinvestment: Understanding Contemporary Transformations of Masculinity and Their Psychosocial Implications4
Sex Wars and TERF Wars: The Divisiveness of Who is Included in Feminism4
Gay and Straight Men Prefer Masculine-Presenting Gay Men for a High-Status Role: Evidence From an Ecologically Valid Experiment4
Brilliance Beliefs, Not Mindsets, Explain Inverse Gender Gaps in Psychology and Philosophy4
Women’s Humility and Men’s Lack of Hubris: Gender Biases in Self-Estimated Spatial Intelligence4
When Gender Matters in Scientific Communication: The Role of Generic Language4
Women Experience More Intimate Partner Violence than Men over the Life Course: Evidence for Gender Asymmetry at all Ages in a National Sample4
Prevalence and Motivations for Technology-facilitated Gender- and Sexuality-based Violence Among Adults: A Mixed-methods Study4
Shifting Standards of Sexuality: An Intersectional Account of Men’s Objectification of Black and White Women4
Masculinity Matters for Meat Consumption: An Examination of Self-Rated Gender Typicality, Meat Consumption, and Veg*nism in Australian Men and Women4
Understanding Perceptions of Radical and Liberal Feminists: The Nuanced Roles of Warmth and Competence4
An Intersectional Analysis of Women's Experiences of Inclusion in the United States Army4
Predictors of Transgender Prejudice: A Meta-Analysis4
Sexual Harassment and Assault in Public Spaces: Individual Vulnerability and Contextual Risk Factors4
“I can't push off my own Mental Health”: Chilly STEM Climates, Mental Health, and STEM Persistence among Black, Latina, and White Graduate Women4
Evaluation of Women in Economics: Evidence of Gender Bias Following Behavioral Role Violations4
Standing Up to Sexism: Does Challenging Sexist Comments Have Transformational Benefits in How Women Value Themselves and Other Women?4
Appearance Satisfaction Among Adolescent Girls in Australia, China, India, and Iran: The Role of Perceived Actual-Ideal Discrepancies in Facial and Bodily Attributes4
“A Woman, With No Evidence, Can Send Any Man to Jail Whenever She Wants”: Men’s Rights Activists’ Digital Narratives of a Culture of False Rape Allegations4
Effects of Minority Stress on Group Identification and Collective Action among Sexual Minorities: A Longitudinal Test of the Rejection-Identification Model4
Depictions of Gender Across Eight Decades of Disney Animated Film: The Role of Film Producer, Director, and Writer Gender4
Young Men’s Perspectives on Menstruation in New York City: A Qualitative Assessment4
Engagement in Pro-Choice Protests: The Role of Gender, Feminism, Gender Collective Self-Esteem, and Reactance Against Abortion Bans4
Maternal Employment Shapes Daughters’ Employment Stability in Egypt: Evidence for the Intergenerational Transmission of Labor Force Attachment4
Benevolent and Hostile Sexism in Endorsement of Heterosexist Marriage Traditions Among Adolescents and Adults4
Gender Bias in the Perception of Others’ Fatigue: Women Report More Fatigue Than Men But Have Their Fatigue Underestimated by Others3
Correction to: Engagement in Pro-Choice Protests: The Role of Gender, Feminism, Gender Collective Self-Esteem, and Reactance Against Abortion Bans3
Gender Differences in Anti-Gay Prejudice: Evidence for Stability and Change3
Welcome to a Pink and Blue World! An Analysis of Gender-Typed Content in Birth Announcement Cards From 1940–2019 in the Netherlands3
Mother’s Instinct? Biological Essentialism and Parents’ Involvement in Work and Childcare3
“I Think Most of Society Hates Us”: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Interviews with Incels3
Exposure to Feminist Humor and the Proclivity to Collective Action for Gender Equality: The Role of Message Format and Feminist Identification3
Socialization of Gender Public Regard: Family Conversations, Practices and Routines3
Gender Inequality Lowers Educational Aspiration for Adolescent Boys and Girls: A Multi-Level and Longitudinal Study in China3
It’s on Victims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of U.S. College Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Strategies3
The Role of Honor Concerns in Disclosing (vs. Hiding) COVID-19 Diagnosis: Insights from Türkiye3
Nuanced Longitudinal Effects of Domains of Perceived Gender Similarity on Adolescent Peer Victimization3
Gendered Failures and Achievements in Women’s Experiences of Men’s Orgasms3
Conditional Parochial Vicarious Ostracism: Gender Collective Narcissism Predicts Distress at the Exclusion of the Gender Ingroup in Women and Men3
Are Gender Differences in Vocational Interests Universal?: Moderating Effects of Cultural Dimensions3
Gendered Impact of Caregiving Responsibilities on Tenure Track Faculty Parents’ Professional Lives3
Hostile and Benevolent Sexism and Attitudes Toward Establishing Consent Among Chinese Men: The Detrimental Role of Token Resistance Beliefs and Binge Drinking3
Married Mixed-gender Couples’ Midlife Employment and Later Life Well-being and Housework3
Dropout Intentions of Soldiers in Mixed-Gender Combat Units: A Longitudinal Examination of the Integration Process3
Numbers for Boys and Words for Girls? Academic Gender Stereotypes among Chinese Parents3
Correction to: The Gender Similarities Hypothesis: Insights From A Multilevel Analysis of High‑Stakes Examination Results in Mathematics3
Think Manager-Think Male Re-Examined: Race as a Moderator3
Students’ Perceptions of Guilt, Responsibility, and Just Punishment When Accounts of Campus Sexual Assault Conflict3
Narratives of Children’s Gender Socialization from Fathers Who Take Parental Leave in South Korea3
Protecting a Positive View of the Self: Female Gamers’ Strategic Self-Attribution of Stereotypes3
Systemic Powers, Institutionalized Thinking and Situated Knowledge: A Qualitative Exploration on the Meanings of ‘Menstruation’ and ‘Menstrual Health’ in Spain3
Ethical Sexual Regret in Men: A Discourse Analysis3
Making Men of Steel: Superhero Exposure and the Development of Hegemonic Masculinity in Children3
Who Are ‘They’? Gender-Neutral Pronoun Adoption by Non-Binary People and Other Gender Groups3
Mr. Active and Little Miss Passive? The Transmission and Existence of Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Books3
Traditional Masculinity Ideology and Feminist Attitudes: The Role of Identity Foreclosure3
Kinkeeping Across Families: The Central Role of Mothers and Stepmothers in the Facilitation of Adult Intergenerational Ties3
Gender and National Collective Narcissism: Gender Asymmetries and Obstacles to Gender Equality2
Gendered Mental Labor: A Systematic Literature Review on the Cognitive Dimension of Unpaid Work Within the Household and Childcare2
“They Want a Porn Star that Has Never Watched Porn”: Double Binds and Standards in Young Women’s Talk about Heterosex2
Culture’s Clashing Identities: Gendered Differences in Anticipated Role Conflict for Students in Graduate Degree Programs2
The Gender Gap in Environmental Concern: Support for an Ecofeminist Perspective and the Role of Gender Egalitarian Attitudes2
Positive and Future-Focused vs. I-Focused: A Comparative Examination of Effective Conflict Resolution Scripts to Minimize Gender Backlash in Engineering Settings2
Sexual Aggression among Women and Men in an Iranian Sample: Prevalence and Correlates2
No Room of her Own: Married Couples’ Negotiation of Workspace at Home During COVID-192
Hegemonic Masculinity and Mental Health Among Older White Men in the U.S.: The Role of Health and Wealth Decline2
Correction to: Implicit and Explicit Sexist Attitudes towards Women Drivers2
Self-Defense as an Effective and Neglected Form of Sexual Assault Prevention: A Commentary and Overdue Correction to the Literature2
Understanding Perceptions of Gender Non-Binary People: Consensual and Unique Stereotypes and Prejudice2
Are Feminists Empowered Activists or Entitled Whiners? A Thematic Analysis of U.S. Adolescents’ Definitions of “Feminist” in a Diverse, Mixed-Gender Sample2
It Depends! Contextual Variability in Feminist Identity Disclosure Among Binary and Nonbinary Individuals2
Body Shame in 7–12-Year-Old Girls and Boys: The Role of Parental Attention to Children’s Appearance2
Stereotypes About Who is Affected by Eating Disorders Disadvantage Risk Perception for Black Girls and Women2
Do I Say or Let it Go? Emotions Predict How People Respond to Receiving Sexual Objectification at Work2
Mothers’ Domestic Responsibilities and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Moderating Role of Gender Essentialist Beliefs About Parenthood2
Harder Won and Easier Lost? Testing the Double Standard in Gender Rules in 62 Countries2
Raising Resilient Black Women: A Study of Superwoman Mothering and Strength as a Form of Gendered Racial Socialization in Black Mother-Daughter Relationships2
Sisters in Arms: Lowering Rape Myth Acceptance in a Hypermasculine Environment2
Sexual Assault of a Rohingya Woman: Anti-Rohingya Statements Embolden Those High in Sexism to Report Anti-Victim and Pro-Perpetrator Reactions2
Am I man Enough?: A Qualitative Study of African American Heterosexual Men’s Attitudes Toward Marriage2
PTSD and Complex PTSD Symptoms among Israeli Women Veterans: Role of Conformity to Masculine Norms and Coping Strategies2
Instagram Use and Endorsement of a Voluptuous Body Ideal: A Serial Mediation Model2
Comparisons of Health-Related Quality of Life among Users of Different Types of Menstrual Products: A Study of Taiwanese University Students2
Adolescents’ Advanced STEM Course Intentions: Predictors and Reasoning2
Emphasizing the Communal Demands of a Leader Role Makes Job Interviews Less Stressful for Women But Not More Successful2
The Stigma of Alcohol Use Among Young Women in a Mediterranean Drinking Culture: A Qualitative Study2
Correction to: In Their Footsteps or Shadow? Gender Differences in Choosing a STEM Major as a Function of Sibling Configuration and Older Sibling’s Gender and Math Ability2
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