OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sex Roles is 7. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Unmarried Black Women’s Sexual Socialization: The Role of Dating, Motherhood, and Intimate Partner Violence Across Media Types	94
Feminist Beliefs, Not Gender Equality Primes, Shape Self-Reported Partner Preferences	77
Associations Between Women’s and Men’s Conformity to Gender Norms and Bystander Intervention to Disrupt Sexual Assault	74
The Gendered Resource Dilution: Sibling Structure, Parental Non-Monetary Investment, and Child Housework Labor in China	53
“Even Here”: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Gender Bias Incidents at a Selective Liberal Arts College	43
Mind the Gap: Gender, Racial, and Educational Differences in American Gender Attitudes from 1977 to 2018	38
It’s Not Fine Online: Assessing the Emotional Consequences of Online Sexual Objectification and its Effect on Behaviour	32
“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 Australia	27
“Sport Belongs to Everyone… But Not During Pregnancy”: Views of Finnish Sport Stakeholders on Pregnancy in Sport	24
“Protect Our Women…From the Immigrants!?”: The Association Between Sexism, Xenophobia, and the Perception of Sexual Street Harassment From In-Group Versus Out-Group Men	24
Tech-Savvy Men and Caring Women: Middle School Students’ Gender Stereotypes Predict Interest in Tech-Education	23
Development and Validation of the Ambivalent Homoprejudice Toward Lesbian Women at Work Scale	23
“It Wasn’t Meant for Gays”: Lesbian Women’s and Gay Men’s Reactions to the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory	22
Sociocultural Messages about Gender Dysphoria (Dis)Align with the Lived Experiences of Trans and Nonbinary Individuals: A Qualitative Study	21
Correction to: Children’s Evaluations of Gender Non-Conforming Peers	21
Gender, Self-Stereotyping, and Life Goals Predict Career Interest in Germany, Nigeria, and Turkey	21
Effectiveness of Interventions for Transgender Prejudice Reduction: A Meta-Analysis	20
The Precarity of Progress: Implications of a Shifting Gendered Division of Labor for Relationships and Well-Being as a Function of Country-Level Gender Equality	20
Motor Skill Learning in Iranian Girls: Effects of a Relatively Long Induction of Gender Stereotypes	20
Masculinity and Condom Use: Using a Rejection Sensitivity Framework to Understand Women’s Condom Negotiation in Mixed-Gender Sexual Encounters	19
Survivor or Victim: Labels and Crime-Type Interact to Influence Perceiver Impressions of Psychological Pain and Hardship	19
Perceptions of Trans Dating and Romantic Partners: The Role of Gender and Transphobia	18
An Adapted Sociocultural Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating Among Midlife Men	17
Gender Confirmation Work, Rest, and Symbolic Boundaries in (Trans)Gender Support Groups	17
Vagina, Pussy, Vulva, Vag: Women's Names for Their Genitals are Differentially Associated with Sexual and Health Outcomes	17

Achieving Equality or Persisting Inequality: Effects of Framing of Equality on Attitudes Toward Women and Gender Equality Through Identity Threat and Cognitive Unfreezing	17
Cloaked in Kindness: Bystander Responses to Witnessed Benevolent and Hostile Sexism	16
Men’s Help-Seeking Willingness and Disclosure of Depression: Experimental Evidence for the Role of Pluralistic Ignorance	16
Masculinity and Muscle Dysmorphia in Mixed Gender Canadian Youth	16
“A Fire in my Belly:” Conceptualizing U.S. Women’s Experiences of “Mom Rage”	15
Exploratory Analysis of the Role of Transnormativity in the Association Between Gender Dysphoria and Psychological Distress	15
Masculinity, Not Femininity, is Associated with Sexual Desirability Among Grindr Users in Australia	15
Transgender Knowledge Mediates U.S. Political Differences in Prejudice and Support for Trans-inclusive Policies	15
Diverse Gender Identity Development: A Qualitative Synthesis and Development of a New Contemporary Framework	14
Correction to: An Adapted Sociocultural Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating among Midlife Men	14
Identifying Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Patterns and Co-occurrence of Post-Breakup Stalking Among South Korean Men	14
The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Computer Science Faculty’s Turnover Intentions: The Role of Gender	14
Gender Essentialist Beliefs Among Women Engineers in College: Variation by Race and Social Class and Implications for Inequality	14
Using Gender-Inclusive Restrooms Promotes Positive Attitudes Toward Trans and Non-Binary People: Explanations from Gender Salience and Intergroup Contact	14
Assault Typologies of College Rape Victims: A Mixed Methods Investigation	14
Comparison, Competition, and Consumption: The 3Cs of Contemporary Motherhood in the Context of Children’s Education	13
Like Parent, like Child: General and Specific Associations Between Parents’ and Children’s Binary Gender Identity in a Gender Egalitarian Context	13
The Gendered Influence of Cross-Gender Friends on the Development of Adolescents’ Gender Role Attitudes	13
Career Identities and Gender-STEM Stereotypes: When and Why Implicit Gender-STEM Associations Emerge and How They Affect Women’s College Major Choice	13
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 Misperceptions	12
Explaining Societal Shifts in Victim Blaming and Perpetrator Culpability for Sexual Violence: Evidence From the #MeToo Era	12
Identifying Pathways to the Incel Community and Where to Intervene: A Qualitative Study with Former Incels	12
Riot Like a Girl? Gender-Stereotypical Associations Boost Support for Feminist Online Campaigns	12
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 Sex	12
Perceptions of Parental Responses to Gender Stereotype Violations in Children	12
“A Recipe for Disaster?”: Female-Breadwinner Relationships Threaten Heterosexual Scripts	12
The Association of Sexual Victimization with Dysmorphic Appearance Concern Among Emerging Adult Women	12
Caring or Competent? Apparent Prioritization of Childcare Over Work Affects Evaluations and Stereotyping of Fathers	12
Correction to: Raising Resilient Black Women: A Study of Superwoman Mothering and Strength as a Form of Gendered Racial Socialization in Black Mother-Daughter Relationships	11
“When It Fits Wrong, I’m So Self-Conscious I Want to Die!”: Women’s Experiences Wearing Plus-Size Exercise Clothing	11
Evolving Masculinity Norms Shape Men’s Willingness to Intervene in Workplace Sexual Harassment	11
Changes in Sexual, Romantic, and Gender Identities Across the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study	11
Implicit and Explicit Sexist Attitudes Towards Women Drivers	11
My Body, My Choice? Examining the Distinct Profiles Underlying Attitudes Toward Abortion and COVID-19 Mandates	11
The Unbearable Weight of Gender Inequalities: Development and Validation of the Social Treatment and Experiences of Women (STEW) Scale	11
Too Tired to Lean In? Sleep Quality Impacts Women’s Daily Intentions to Pursue Workplace Status	11
Fiber Arts Require Spatial Skills: How a Stereotypically Feminine Practice Can Help Us Understand Spatial Skills and Improve Spatial Learning	11
Unmasking Street Harassment in Spain: Prevalence, Psychological Impact, and the Role of Sexism in Women’s Experiences	10
Navigating Abortion Stigma: Abortion Identity Centrality, Stigma Management Strategies, and Psychological Outcomes	10
Spatial Skills and Self-Perceived Masculinity: Considering College Major STEM-ness, Directionality, and Gender	10
Do Virtual Environments Close the Gender Gap in Participation in Question-and-Answer Sessions at Academic Conferences? In Search of Moderation by Conference Format	10
Beyond the Barbell: Women in Strength-Based Sports and the Reshaping of Gender Norms	10
Mean Girls in Disguise? Associations Between Vulnerable Narcissism and Perpetration of Bullying Among Women	9
Built to Exclude: How Masculinity Contest Culture Undermines Women’s Fit, Engagement, and Retention	9
The “Perfect” Target: Investigating How Target Expectations Shape Perceptions of Gender Harassment	9
The Sexual Objectification Experiences of Non-Binary People: Embodied Impacts and Acts of Resistance	9
Women’s Engagement in Political Discussion on Twitter: The Role of Gender Salience, Resources, and Race/Ethnicity	9
Workplace Experiences of Muslim Women in STEM in Canada: An Intersectional Qualitative Analysis	9
Is Online Disinhibition Related to Cyberdating Abuse Perpetration through Moral Disengagement? The Moderating Role of Gender, Sexism, and Cybervictimization	9

Punishing Women for Miscarriage: The role of Political Orientation and Hostile Sexism	9
Nonverbal Gendered Cues as Accurate Signals of Sexual Orientation	9
Discrimination Toward Transgender and Non-Binary People: The Moderating Roles of Political Conservatism and Religiosity in Hiring Decisions	9
Flourishing in a Binary World: The Creation of Transgender Alternative Narratives	9
Recognizing Gender Harassment in the Workplace: A Qualitative Analysis	8
Same Place, Different Worlds: An Emergent Fit Analysis of the Experiences of Iranian Trans Women and Trans Men	8
Alcohol Use and Hostility Toward Women: Individual and Perceived Peer Attitudes Shape College Men's Consent Behavior	8
People Overestimate Backlash Against Helpers Who Violate Gender Stereotypes: Experimental Examination of a Prosociality Paradox	8
Do Images Speak Louder Than Words? Effects of Body Positive and Fitspiration Quotes and Images on State Body Image in Women and Men	8
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Investigating Adolescent Body Hair Attitudes, Satisfaction, and Removal Practices	8
Testing an Integrated Biopsychosocial Model of Adolescent Girls’ Body Shame: Considering the Role of Pubertal Development	8
Accounting for First-Time Motherhood at Advanced Maternal Age: Risk, Temporality, and the Preservation of Stratified Reproduction	8
Like Father, Like Son: Empirical Insights into the Intergenerational Continuity of Masculinity Ideology	8
“It Literally Makes Me Feel Harder to Kill”: A Qualitative Study of the Perceived Benefits of Recreational Martial Arts Practice Among Women Sexual Assault Survivors	7
Dangerous Motivations: Understanding How Marginalization Relates to Benevolent Sexism Through Threat Perceptions	7
Entitativity Predicts “Counter-Allyship” Towards a Black Woman Complainant of Violent Sexual Harassment Through Elevated Promiscuity Attributions	7
Macho or Nerd: Perceptions of Masculinity, Social Environment, and Science Capital Utilization Among Adolescent STEM Students	7
Understanding Occupational Gender Segregation Through Students’ Program Choices and Career Interests	7
Unmasking Gender Dynamics in Grandparenting: Caregiving Gender-Role Attitudes and Children’s Social Adjustment Across Grandparent–Grandchild Gender Dyads	7
Humorous Responses to Gender Injustice: The Contrasting Effects of Efficacy and Emotions on Women’s Collective Action Intentions	7
Non-Binary Lives in Europe: Identity, Subjective Well-Being, and Democratic Satisfaction in a Changing Social Landscape	7
Effects of Gender-Fair Language on the Cognitive Representation of Women in Stereotypically Masculine Occupations and Occupational Self-Efficacy Among Primary School Girls and Boys	7
Is Marriage Associated With Decreases or Increases in Sexism?	7
Devaluation of Women’s Sexual Pleasure: Role of Relationship Context and Endorsement of the Madonna-Whore Dichotomy	7
Picturing Sexual Agency: A Visual Content Analysis of Adults’ Sexual Stereotypes of Young Women	7
A Critical Review of Measures of Gender Equitable Attitudes: Recommendations for Conceptualization and Future Assessment	7
Correction to: Strategic Masculine Disinvestment: Understanding Contemporary Transformations of Masculinity and Their Psychosocial Implications	7
Bisexual Women’s Meaning Making of Same-Sex Performativity: Orientation Towards a Heteropatriarchal Context	7
Feminism, Femininity, and Negative Embodiment: A Contemporary Meta-Analytic Test	7
Gender Categorization and Stereotypes Beyond the Binary	7