Sex Roles

Papers
(The median citation count of Sex Roles is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Mind the Gap: Gender, Racial, and Educational Differences in American Gender Attitudes from 1977 to 201879
“Protect Our Women…From the Immigrants!?”: The Association Between Sexism, Xenophobia, and the Perception of Sexual Street Harassment From In-Group Versus Out-Group Men69
“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 Australia57
Tech-Savvy Men and Caring Women: Middle School Students’ Gender Stereotypes Predict Interest in Tech-Education47
“Sport Belongs to Everyone… But Not During Pregnancy”: Views of Finnish Sport Stakeholders on Pregnancy in Sport38
The Gendered Resource Dilution: Sibling Structure, Parental Non-Monetary Investment, and Child Housework Labor in China36
Unmarried Black Women’s Sexual Socialization: The Role of Dating, Motherhood, and Intimate Partner Violence Across Media Types33
It’s Not Fine Online: Assessing the Emotional Consequences of Online Sexual Objectification and its Effect on Behaviour32
“Even Here”: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Gender Bias Incidents at a Selective Liberal Arts College26
Associations Between Women’s and Men’s Conformity to Gender Norms and Bystander Intervention to Disrupt Sexual Assault24
Feminist Beliefs, Not Gender Equality Primes, Shape Self-Reported Partner Preferences23
Development and Validation of the Ambivalent Homoprejudice Toward Lesbian Women at Work Scale21
Gender, Self-Stereotyping, and Life Goals Predict Career Interest in Germany, Nigeria, and Turkey20
Correction to: Children’s Evaluations of Gender Non-Conforming Peers20
Motor Skill Learning in Iranian Girls: Effects of a Relatively Long Induction of Gender Stereotypes20
Effectiveness of Interventions for Transgender Prejudice Reduction: A Meta-Analysis20
Sociocultural Messages about Gender Dysphoria (Dis)Align with the Lived Experiences of Trans and Nonbinary Individuals: A Qualitative Study20
The Precarity of Progress: Implications of a Shifting Gendered Division of Labor for Relationships and Well-Being as a Function of Country-Level Gender Equality20
“It Wasn’t Meant for Gays”: Lesbian Women’s and Gay Men’s Reactions to the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory19
Perceptions of Trans Dating and Romantic Partners: The Role of Gender and Transphobia18
Vagina, Pussy, Vulva, Vag: Women's Names for Their Genitals are Differentially Associated with Sexual and Health Outcomes17
Men’s Help-Seeking Willingness and Disclosure of Depression: Experimental Evidence for the Role of Pluralistic Ignorance17
Transgender Knowledge Mediates U.S. Political Differences in Prejudice and Support for Trans-inclusive Policies16
Achieving Equality or Persisting Inequality: Effects of Framing of Equality on Attitudes Toward Women and Gender Equality Through Identity Threat and Cognitive Unfreezing16
Masculinity and Muscle Dysmorphia in Mixed Gender Canadian Youth16
Gender Confirmation Work, Rest, and Symbolic Boundaries in (Trans)Gender Support Groups15
Diverse Gender Identity Development: A Qualitative Synthesis and Development of a New Contemporary Framework15
An Adapted Sociocultural Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating Among Midlife Men15
Exploratory Analysis of the Role of Transnormativity in the Association Between Gender Dysphoria and Psychological Distress15
Masculinity and Condom Use: Using a Rejection Sensitivity Framework to Understand Women’s Condom Negotiation in Mixed-Gender Sexual Encounters15
“A Fire in my Belly:” Conceptualizing U.S. Women’s Experiences of “Mom Rage”14
Using Gender-Inclusive Restrooms Promotes Positive Attitudes Toward Trans and Non-Binary People: Explanations from Gender Salience and Intergroup Contact14
Gender Essentialist Beliefs Among Women Engineers in College: Variation by Race and Social Class and Implications for Inequality14
Identifying Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Patterns and Co-occurrence of Post-Breakup Stalking Among South Korean Men14
Cloaked in Kindness: Bystander Responses to Witnessed Benevolent and Hostile Sexism14
The Gendered Influence of Cross-Gender Friends on the Development of Adolescents’ Gender Role Attitudes14
Comparison, Competition, and Consumption: The 3Cs of Contemporary Motherhood in the Context of Children’s Education13
Correction to: An Adapted Sociocultural Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating among Midlife Men13
The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Computer Science Faculty’s Turnover Intentions: The Role of Gender13
Assault Typologies of College Rape Victims: A Mixed Methods Investigation13
Like Parent, like Child: General and Specific Associations Between Parents’ and Children’s Binary Gender Identity in a Gender Egalitarian Context13
Career Identities and Gender-STEM Stereotypes: When and Why Implicit Gender-STEM Associations Emerge and How They Affect Women’s College Major Choice13
Riot Like a Girl? Gender-Stereotypical Associations Boost Support for Feminist Online Campaigns12
“A Recipe for Disaster?”: Female-Breadwinner Relationships Threaten Heterosexual Scripts12
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 Sex12
Male Victimhood Ideology Among Korean Men: Is It Economic Hardship or Perceived Status Decline?12
Cisgender Women Underestimate Support for the Inclusion of Transgender Women in the Group ‘Women’: An Investigation of Norm Misperceptions12
Explaining Societal Shifts in Victim Blaming and Perpetrator Culpability for Sexual Violence: Evidence From the #MeToo Era12
Spatial Skills and Self-Perceived Masculinity: Considering College Major STEM-ness, Directionality, and Gender11
The Unbearable Weight of Gender Inequalities: Development and Validation of the Social Treatment and Experiences of Women (STEW) Scale11
Navigating Abortion Stigma: Abortion Identity Centrality, Stigma Management Strategies, and Psychological Outcomes11
Identifying Pathways to the Incel Community and Where to Intervene: A Qualitative Study with Former Incels11
Changes in Sexual, Romantic, and Gender Identities Across the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study11
Implicit and Explicit Sexist Attitudes Towards Women Drivers11
Do Virtual Environments Close the Gender Gap in Participation in Question-and-Answer Sessions at Academic Conferences? In Search of Moderation by Conference Format11
Caring or Competent? Apparent Prioritization of Childcare Over Work Affects Evaluations and Stereotyping of Fathers11
My Body, My Choice? Examining the Distinct Profiles Underlying Attitudes Toward Abortion and COVID-19 Mandates11
The Sexual Objectification Experiences of Non-Binary People: Embodied Impacts and Acts of Resistance11
Unmasking Street Harassment in Spain: Prevalence, Psychological Impact, and the Role of Sexism in Women’s Experiences10
Fiber Arts Require Spatial Skills: How a Stereotypically Feminine Practice Can Help Us Understand Spatial Skills and Improve Spatial Learning10
Too Tired to Lean In? Sleep Quality Impacts Women’s Daily Intentions to Pursue Workplace Status10
Beyond the Barbell: Women in Strength-Based Sports and the Reshaping of Gender Norms10
Evolving Masculinity Norms Shape Men’s Willingness to Intervene in Workplace Sexual Harassment10
Correction to: Raising Resilient Black Women: A Study of Superwoman Mothering and Strength as a Form of Gendered Racial Socialization in Black Mother-Daughter Relationships10
People Overestimate Backlash Against Helpers Who Violate Gender Stereotypes: Experimental Examination of a Prosociality Paradox10
Perceptions of Parental Responses to Gender Stereotype Violations in Children10
“When It Fits Wrong, I’m So Self-Conscious I Want to Die!”: Women’s Experiences Wearing Plus-Size Exercise Clothing10
Testing an Integrated Biopsychosocial Model of Adolescent Girls’ Body Shame: Considering the Role of Pubertal Development9
Punishing Women for Miscarriage: The role of Political Orientation and Hostile Sexism9
Flourishing in a Binary World: The Creation of Transgender Alternative Narratives9
The Sex-Based Harassment Inventory: A Gender Status Threat Measure of Sex-Based Harassment Intentions9
Mean Girls in Disguise? Associations Between Vulnerable Narcissism and Perpetration of Bullying Among Women9
Accounting for First-Time Motherhood at Advanced Maternal Age: Risk, Temporality, and the Preservation of Stratified Reproduction9
Do Images Speak Louder Than Words? Effects of Body Positive and Fitspiration Quotes and Images on State Body Image in Women and Men9
Is Online Disinhibition Related to Cyberdating Abuse Perpetration through Moral Disengagement? The Moderating Role of Gender, Sexism, and Cybervictimization9
Recognizing Gender Harassment in the Workplace: A Qualitative Analysis9
Workplace Experiences of Muslim Women in STEM in Canada: An Intersectional Qualitative Analysis9
Nonverbal Gendered Cues as Accurate Signals of Sexual Orientation9
Same Place, Different Worlds: An Emergent Fit Analysis of the Experiences of Iranian Trans Women and Trans Men8
Built to Exclude: How Masculinity Contest Culture Undermines Women’s Fit, Engagement, and Retention8
Alcohol Use and Hostility Toward Women: Individual and Perceived Peer Attitudes Shape College Men's Consent Behavior8
Testing the Internal Consent Scale for Measurement Invariance Across Women and Men8
Women’s Engagement in Political Discussion on Twitter: The Role of Gender Salience, Resources, and Race/Ethnicity8
Like Father, Like Son: Empirical Insights into the Intergenerational Continuity of Masculinity Ideology7
Blame of Rape Victims and Perpetrators in China: The Role of Gender, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Situational Factors7
Understanding Occupational Gender Segregation Through Students’ Program Choices and Career Interests7
“It Literally Makes Me Feel Harder to Kill”: A Qualitative Study of the Perceived Benefits of Recreational Martial Arts Practice Among Women Sexual Assault Survivors7
Unmasking Gender Dynamics in Grandparenting: Caregiving Gender-Role Attitudes and Children’s Social Adjustment Across Grandparent–Grandchild Gender Dyads7
Bisexual Women’s Meaning Making of Same-Sex Performativity: Orientation Towards a Heteropatriarchal Context7
Macho or Nerd: Perceptions of Masculinity, Social Environment, and Science Capital Utilization Among Adolescent STEM Students7
Gender Categorization and Stereotypes Beyond the Binary7
Is Marriage Associated With Decreases or Increases in Sexism?7
Picturing Sexual Agency: A Visual Content Analysis of Adults’ Sexual Stereotypes of Young Women7
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Investigating Adolescent Body Hair Attitudes, Satisfaction, and Removal Practices7
Effects of Gender-Fair Language on the Cognitive Representation of Women in Stereotypically Masculine Occupations and Occupational Self-Efficacy Among Primary School Girls and Boys7
Feminism, Femininity, and Negative Embodiment: A Contemporary Meta-Analytic Test7
Devaluation of Women’s Sexual Pleasure: Role of Relationship Context and Endorsement of the Madonna-Whore Dichotomy7
A Critical Review of Measures of Gender Equitable Attitudes: Recommendations for Conceptualization and Future Assessment6
Non-Binary Lives in Europe: Identity, Subjective Well-Being, and Democratic Satisfaction in a Changing Social Landscape6
Dangerous Motivations: Understanding How Marginalization Relates to Benevolent Sexism Through Threat Perceptions6
Effects of Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Racial Private Regard on Cognitive Inhibition in Black Women6
Effects of Minority Stress on Group Identification and Collective Action among Sexual Minorities: A Longitudinal Test of the Rejection-Identification Model6
Some Gender Stereotypes Persist in Filipino TV Ads: A Content Analytic Investigation of TV Advertising in 2010 and 20206
Are White Men Missing Out?: Differences in Friendship Closeness by Gender and Ethnoracial Identity6
Acknowledging that Men are Moral and Harmed by Gender Stereotypes Increases Men’s Willingness to Engage in Collective Action on Behalf of Women6
Correction to: Strategic Masculine Disinvestment: Understanding Contemporary Transformations of Masculinity and Their Psychosocial Implications6
Fleshing Out the Ways Masculinity Threat and Traditional Masculinity Ideology Relate to Meat-Eating and Environmental Attitudes in Australian Men6
Cultural Beliefs About Manhood Predict Anti-LGBTQ+ Attitudes and Policies6
Media Portrayals of Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Comparative Analysis of News Headlines Across Europe6
Not All Math Activities Are Equal in Terms of Gender Stereotypes6
A Qualitative Analysis of the Fertility Experience and Gender Identity in Young Women Following Hysterectomy for Benign Disease6
Humorous Responses to Gender Injustice: The Contrasting Effects of Efficacy and Emotions on Women’s Collective Action Intentions6
Sexist Attitudes, Relationship Conflict and Satisfaction in Heterosexual Couples, and Men’s and Women’s Wellbeing6
Appearance Satisfaction Among Adolescent Girls in Australia, China, India, and Iran: The Role of Perceived Actual-Ideal Discrepancies in Facial and Bodily Attributes6
Outperformance-Related Discomfort: Another Factor in Women’s Under-Representation in STEM?6
Thank You for Sharing: Body-Positive and Humour Parody Images Increase Women’s Body Satisfaction and Predict Collective Action Intentions Via Gratitude6
Gendered Social Media Content Among Adolescent Boys and Girls: Findings From a Data Donation Linkage Study on Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat6
Beliefs About the Origins and Achievement of Gender Equality: A Qualitative Inquiry Among Adolescents Attending Elite Single-Sex Schools5
Making Men of Steel: Superhero Exposure and the Development of Hegemonic Masculinity in Children5
Predictors of Transgender Prejudice: A Meta-Analysis5
How Maternal Gatekeeping Relates to Parenting Stress: A Serial Mediation Model via Self‑Efficacy and Life Satisfaction5
Attitudes of U.S. Adults Towards Coercive Control as a Function of Victim and Perpetrator Gender and Respondent Sexual Orientation5
Benevolent and Hostile Sexism in Endorsement of Heterosexist Marriage Traditions Among Adolescents and Adults5
Standing Up to Sexism: Does Challenging Sexist Comments Have Transformational Benefits in How Women Value Themselves and Other Women?5
Context Matters: Differential Gendering of Physics in Arabic-speaking, Hebrew-speaking, and Single-Sex State Schools in Israel5
Shifting Standards of Sexuality: An Intersectional Account of Men’s Objectification of Black and White Women5
The Power of Peers: Children’s Gender-Based Peer Interactions and Cognitions Contribute to Changes in Felt Gender Similarity Over Time5
Recent Increases in Vegetarianism may be Limited to Women: A 15-Year Study of Young Adults at an American University5
Gendered Impact of Caregiving Responsibilities on Tenure Track Faculty Parents’ Professional Lives5
Protecting a Positive View of the Self: Female Gamers’ Strategic Self-Attribution of Stereotypes5
Prenatal Expectations and Postpartum Reality: How Gender Egalitarianism in Infant Care Division Shapes Parenting Stress and Relationship Functioning5
Sex Wars and TERF Wars: The Divisiveness of Who is Included in Feminism5
Maternal Employment Shapes Daughters’ Employment Stability in Egypt: Evidence for the Intergenerational Transmission of Labor Force Attachment5
Women Experience More Intimate Partner Violence than Men over the Life Course: Evidence for Gender Asymmetry at all Ages in a National Sample5
Prevalence and Motivations for Technology-facilitated Gender- and Sexuality-based Violence Among Adults: A Mixed-methods Study5
Sexual Harassment and Assault in Public Spaces: Individual Vulnerability and Contextual Risk Factors5
Evaluation of Women in Economics: Evidence of Gender Bias Following Behavioral Role Violations5
An Intersectional Analysis of Women's Experiences of Inclusion in the United States Army5
Coaching Support in Gender-Sensitive Training: A Study on the Coping Mechanisms of Female Athletes’ Menstrual Cycles5
Young Men’s Perspectives on Menstruation in New York City: A Qualitative Assessment5
Strategic Masculine Disinvestment: Understanding Contemporary Transformations of Masculinity and Their Psychosocial Implications5
Dashed Expectations and Unmet Desires of Belgian and German First-Time Fathers Regarding Their Engagement in Breadwinning and Childcare5
Engagement in Pro-Choice Protests: The Role of Gender, Feminism, Gender Collective Self-Esteem, and Reactance Against Abortion Bans5
Women’s Humility and Men’s Lack of Hubris: Gender Biases in Self-Estimated Spatial Intelligence5
Brilliance Beliefs, Not Mindsets, Explain Inverse Gender Gaps in Psychology and Philosophy5
Women’s Well-Being Post-Partum: The Role of Self-Objectification and Self-Compassion5
Gender Stereotypes and Peer Selection in STEM Domains Among Children and Adolescents5
Masculinity Matters for Meat Consumption: An Examination of Self-Rated Gender Typicality, Meat Consumption, and Veg*nism in Australian Men and Women5
“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 Allegations5
Gay and Straight Men Prefer Masculine-Presenting Gay Men for a High-Status Role: Evidence From an Ecologically Valid Experiment5
Mother’s Instinct? Biological Essentialism and Parents’ Involvement in Work and Childcare5
Kinkeeping Across Families: The Central Role of Mothers and Stepmothers in the Facilitation of Adult Intergenerational Ties4
Beyond Yes and No: Discursive Constructions of Grey Area and Sexual Boundaries in Women’s Lives in Slovakia4
Exposure to Feminist Humor and the Proclivity to Collective Action for Gender Equality: The Role of Message Format and Feminist Identification4
Conditional Parochial Vicarious Ostracism: Gender Collective Narcissism Predicts Distress at the Exclusion of the Gender Ingroup in Women and Men4
Are Gender Differences in Vocational Interests Universal?: Moderating Effects of Cultural Dimensions4
Ethical Sexual Regret in Men: A Discourse Analysis4
Narratives of Children’s Gender Socialization from Fathers Who Take Parental Leave in South Korea4
Correction to: Engagement in Pro-Choice Protests: The Role of Gender, Feminism, Gender Collective Self-Esteem, and Reactance Against Abortion Bans4
Rethinking Sexual Consent Myths: Development and Validation of the Sexual Consent Myths Scale (Sex-M)4
Hostile and Benevolent Sexism and Attitudes Toward Establishing Consent Among Chinese Men: The Detrimental Role of Token Resistance Beliefs and Binge Drinking4
Ideological Beliefs and Internalized Beauty Ideals as Predictors of Aesthetic Labor Among Chinese Feminists4
The Role of Power, Social Dominance Orientation, and Masculinity in Shaping Endorsement of Prescriptive Beauty Norms4
How Familism and Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Shape Attitudes Toward Legal Abortion Among Latinx and non-Latinx Adults in the United States4
The Role of Honor Concerns in Disclosing (vs. Hiding) COVID-19 Diagnosis: Insights from Türkiye4
Think Manager-Think Male Re-Examined: Race as a Moderator4
Gendered Failures and Achievements in Women’s Experiences of Men’s Orgasms4
Students’ Perceptions of Guilt, Responsibility, and Just Punishment When Accounts of Campus Sexual Assault Conflict4
Nuanced Longitudinal Effects of Domains of Perceived Gender Similarity on Adolescent Peer Victimization4
Systemic Powers, Institutionalized Thinking and Situated Knowledge: A Qualitative Exploration on the Meanings of ‘Menstruation’ and ‘Menstrual Health’ in Spain4
Married Mixed-gender Couples’ Midlife Employment and Later Life Well-being and Housework4
Sexual Aggression among Women and Men in an Iranian Sample: Prevalence and Correlates3
Am I man Enough?: A Qualitative Study of African American Heterosexual Men’s Attitudes Toward Marriage3
Correction to: Implicit and Explicit Sexist Attitudes towards Women Drivers3
Traditional Masculinity Ideology and Feminist Attitudes: The Role of Identity Foreclosure3
Socialization of Gender Public Regard: Family Conversations, Practices and Routines3
Stereotypes About Who is Affected by Eating Disorders Disadvantage Risk Perception for Black Girls and Women3
Dropout Intentions of Soldiers in Mixed-Gender Combat Units: A Longitudinal Examination of the Integration Process3
Sisters in Arms: Lowering Rape Myth Acceptance in a Hypermasculine Environment3
Hegemonic Masculinity and Mental Health Among Older White Men in the U.S.: The Role of Health and Wealth Decline3
Undoing Gendered Identities? Centrality and Meanings of Parental and Work Identities in Semi-Traditional, Equal-Sharing and Role-Reversed Couples3
It Depends! Contextual Variability in Feminist Identity Disclosure Among Binary and Nonbinary Individuals3
The Gender Gap in Environmental Concern: Support for an Ecofeminist Perspective and the Role of Gender Egalitarian Attitudes3
Understanding Perceptions of Gender Non-Binary People: Consensual and Unique Stereotypes and Prejudice3
Gendered Mental Labor: A Systematic Literature Review on the Cognitive Dimension of Unpaid Work Within the Household and Childcare3
The Stigma of Alcohol Use Among Young Women in a Mediterranean Drinking Culture: A Qualitative Study3
Raising Resilient Black Women: A Study of Superwoman Mothering and Strength as a Form of Gendered Racial Socialization in Black Mother-Daughter Relationships3
Numbers for Boys and Words for Girls? Academic Gender Stereotypes among Chinese Parents3
Sexual Assault of a Rohingya Woman: Anti-Rohingya Statements Embolden Those High in Sexism to Report Anti-Victim and Pro-Perpetrator Reactions3
Adolescents’ Advanced STEM Course Intentions: Predictors and Reasoning3
Harder Won and Easier Lost? Testing the Double Standard in Gender Rules in 62 Countries3
Body Shame in 7–12-Year-Old Girls and Boys: The Role of Parental Attention to Children’s Appearance3
Mr. Active and Little Miss Passive? The Transmission and Existence of Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Books3
Growing Up Too “Fast”: Black Girls’ Sexual Development3
Gender and National Collective Narcissism: Gender Asymmetries and Obstacles to Gender Equality3
Do I Say or Let it Go? Emotions Predict How People Respond to Receiving Sexual Objectification at Work3
PTSD and Complex PTSD Symptoms among Israeli Women Veterans: Role of Conformity to Masculine Norms and Coping Strategies3
Emphasizing the Communal Demands of a Leader Role Makes Job Interviews Less Stressful for Women But Not More Successful3
Children’s Accessible Gender Stereotypes About What Girls and Boys Approach, Avoid, and How They Are Similar and Different3
Who Are ‘They’? Gender-Neutral Pronoun Adoption by Non-Binary People and Other Gender Groups3
Cover Up That “Baby Bump”: Displaying the Pregnant Body Undermines Women’s Perceived Humanness3
It’s on Victims: A Critical Discourse Analysis of U.S. College Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Strategies3
Comparisons of Health-Related Quality of Life among Users of Different Types of Menstrual Products: A Study of Taiwanese University Students3
Gender Bias in the Perception of Others’ Fatigue: Women Report More Fatigue Than Men But Have Their Fatigue Underestimated by Others3
Mothers’ Domestic Responsibilities and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Moderating Role of Gender Essentialist Beliefs About Parenthood3
Not All of Me Is Welcome Here: The Experiences of Trans and Gender Expansive Employees of Color in the U.S.3
“They Want a Porn Star that Has Never Watched Porn”: Double Binds and Standards in Young Women’s Talk about Heterosex3
“Their Great Shame is Poverty”: Women Portrayed as Among the “Undeserving Poor” are Seen as Deserving Sexual Assault3
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