OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sex Roles is 4. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Sexual Orientation as Gendered to the Everyday Perceiver	65
Testing an Integrated Biopsychosocial Model of Adolescent Girls’ Body Shame: Considering the Role of Pubertal Development	50
Gender Differences in Children’s Reasoning About and Motivation to Pursue Leadership Roles	47
Engagement in Pro-Choice Protests: The Role of Gender, Feminism, Gender Collective Self-Esteem, and Reactance Against Abortion Bans	30
Trans Across Generations: Shifts in Narratives of Gender, Transphobic Violence, and Community Support	25
Who is Responsible for Remembering? Everyday Prospective Memory Demands in Parenthood	24
Emphasizing the Communal Demands of a Leader Role Makes Job Interviews Less Stressful for Women But Not More Successful	24
Understanding Perceptions of Gender Non-Binary People: Consensual and Unique Stereotypes and Prejudice	22
Orgasm Frequency Predicts Desire and Expectation for Orgasm: Assessing the Orgasm Gap within Mixed-Sex Couples	19
Postnatal Depression: The Role of “Good Mother” Ideals and Maternal Shame in a Community Sample of Mothers in Australia	19
Mothers’ Domestic Responsibilities and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Moderating Role of Gender Essentialist Beliefs About Parenthood	19
Unmarried Black Women’s Sexual Socialization: The Role of Dating, Motherhood, and Intimate Partner Violence Across Media Types	19
People Overestimate Backlash Against Helpers Who Violate Gender Stereotypes: Experimental Examination of a Prosociality Paradox	17
Harder Won and Easier Lost? Testing the Double Standard in Gender Rules in 62 Countries	17
The Sex-Based Harassment Inventory: A Gender Status Threat Measure of Sex-Based Harassment Intentions	15
Accounting for First-Time Motherhood at Advanced Maternal Age: Risk, Temporality, and the Preservation of Stratified Reproduction	15
Tech-Savvy Men and Caring Women: Middle School Students’ Gender Stereotypes Predict Interest in Tech-Education	15
“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	14
Instrumentality Gives Girls the Edge: Gender-Differential Relations Between Instrumentality, Achievement Motivation, and Self-Esteem	14
Correction to: 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	14
Correction to: Piecing Together Respectability: Black Women’s Reflections on Familial Socialization Messages	13
Gender-Typing of Children’s Sports Toys Persists: A Mixed-Methods Investigation	13
“You Did It to Yourself”: An Exploratory Study of Myths About Gender-Based Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse Among Men	13
Flourishing in a Binary World: The Creation of Transgender Alternative Narratives	13
Benevolent Sexism in the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP): A Case Study of Texas House Bill 2	12

Am I man Enough?: A Qualitative Study of African American Heterosexual Men’s Attitudes Toward Marriage	12
Underrepresented Rather than Misrepresented? A Content Analysis of Female Characters’ (non)Sexualization in Virtual Reality (VR) Games	12
Teaching College in the Time of COVID-19: Gender and Race Differences in Faculty Emotional Labor	11
Nonverbal Gendered Cues as Accurate Signals of Sexual Orientation	11
The Gendered Resource Dilution: Sibling Structure, Parental Non-Monetary Investment, and Child Housework Labor in China	10
Hegemonic Masculinity and Mental Health Among Older White Men in the U.S.: The Role of Health and Wealth Decline	10
Sex Wars and TERF Wars: The Divisiveness of Who is Included in Feminism	10
Are Feminists Empowered Activists or Entitled Whiners? A Thematic Analysis of U.S. Adolescents’ Definitions of “Feminist” in a Diverse, Mixed-Gender Sample	9
Self-Defense as an Effective and Neglected Form of Sexual Assault Prevention: A Commentary and Overdue Correction to the Literature	9
Punishing Women for Miscarriage: The role of Political Orientation and Hostile Sexism	9
Revealing Gender Double Standards in the Parenthood Norm Depends on Question Order	9
Who Can Do STEM?: Children’s Gendered Beliefs about STEM and Non-STEM Competence and Learning	9
Mother Like Mothers and Work Like Fathers: U.S. Heterosexual College Students’ Assumptions About Who Should Meet Childcare and Housework Demands	9
Is Online Disinhibition Related to Cyberdating Abuse Perpetration through Moral Disengagement? The Moderating Role of Gender, Sexism, and Cybervictimization	9
Correction to: Implicit and Explicit Sexist Attitudes towards Women Drivers	8
Mean Girls in Disguise? Associations Between Vulnerable Narcissism and Perpetration of Bullying Among Women	8
No Room of her Own: Married Couples’ Negotiation of Workspace at Home During COVID-19	8
Men’s Perception of Women’s Passive Sexual Responses Impacts Their Decision-Making During Simulated Hookups	8
A Longitudinal Study of Pubertal Timing and Tempo on Body Shame Among Young Adolescent Girls and Boys	8
Asian American Women’s Racial Dating Preferences: An Investigation of Internalized Racism, Resistance and Empowerment against Racism, and Desire for Status	8
“Sport Belongs to Everyone… But Not During Pregnancy”: Views of Finnish Sport Stakeholders on Pregnancy in Sport	7
Do Images Speak Louder Than Words? Effects of Body Positive and Fitspiration Quotes and Images on State Body Image in Women and Men	7
Feminist Beliefs, Not Gender Equality Primes, Shape Self-Reported Partner Preferences	7
Who Gets Canceled for Sexual Assault?: The Roles of Likeability and Tactic on Perceived Perpetrator Accountability	7
Making Merit Work at the Entrance to the Engineering Workforce: Examining Women’s Experiences and Variations by Race/Ethnicity	7
Correction to: Motor Skill Learning in Iranian Girls: Effects of a Relatively Long Induction of Gender Stereotypes	7
Women’s Engagement in Political Discussion on Twitter: The Role of Gender Salience, Resources, and Race/Ethnicity	7
Women’s Sexual Agency, Pleasure, and Orgasm in Popular Netflix Series: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Mixed-Gender Scenes	7
Playing the Game Differently: How Women Leaders in Academia Are Challenging Neopatriarchy	7
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 Ability	7
Predictors of Transgender Prejudice: A Meta-Analysis	6
Workplace Experiences of Muslim Women in STEM in Canada: An Intersectional Qualitative Analysis	6
Correction to: Children’s Evaluations of Gender Non-Conforming Peers	6
Like Father, Like Son: Empirical Insights into the Intergenerational Continuity of Masculinity Ideology	6
Making Men of Steel: Superhero Exposure and the Development of Hegemonic Masculinity in Children	6
Author Correction: “I Think Most of Society Hates Us”: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Interviews with Incels	6
Reflections About What I Learned as an Editor Making Judgments about Gender and Gendered Contexts with a Feminist Perspective	6
Protecting a Positive View of the Self: Female Gamers’ Strategic Self-Attribution of Stereotypes	6
PTSD and Complex PTSD Symptoms among Israeli Women Veterans: Role of Conformity to Masculine Norms and Coping Strategies	6
Mind the Gap: Gender, Racial, and Educational Differences in American Gender Attitudes from 1977 to 2018	6
The Gender Similarities Hypothesis: Insights From A Multilevel Analysis of High-Stakes Examination Results in Mathematics	6
Blame of Rape Victims and Perpetrators in China: The Role of Gender, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Situational Factors	6
Less Equal, Less Satisfied? Gender Inequality Hampers Adults’ Subjective Well-Being via Gender-Role Attitudes	6
Sexual Objectification in Family of Origin Scale: Development and Psychometric Evaluation	5
Picturing Sexual Agency: A Visual Content Analysis of Adults’ Sexual Stereotypes of Young Women	5
Testing the Internal Consent Scale for Measurement Invariance Across Women and Men	5
The Allocation of Housework in Same- and Different-Sex Partnerships: Recent Evidence from the U.S	5
Work-Family Conflicts and Perceived Fairness of Housework Division in Dual-Earner Couples During COVID-19	5
Changes in Female Rape Myth Acceptance Among College Students: A 20-Year Perspective	5
Relating Profiles of Ethnocultural Gender Roles to Mental Health and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Latina Women	5

Parents’ Gender Role Attitudes and Child Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Parental Involvement	5
Sociocultural Messages about Gender Dysphoria (Dis)Align with the Lived Experiences of Trans and Nonbinary Individuals: A Qualitative Study	5
Is Marriage Associated With Decreases or Increases in Sexism?	5
Merit Sticks to Men: Gender Pay Gaps and (In)equality at UK Russell Group Universities	5
“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	4
Gender and National Collective Narcissism: Gender Asymmetries and Obstacles to Gender Equality	4
Body Shame in 7–12-Year-Old Girls and Boys: The Role of Parental Attention to Children’s Appearance	4
An Intersectional Analysis of Women's Experiences of Inclusion in the United States Army	4
Gender Categorization and Stereotypes Beyond the Binary	4
Something to Prove? Manhood Threats Increase Political Aggression Among Liberal Men	4
Do I Say or Let it Go? Emotions Predict How People Respond to Receiving Sexual Objectification at Work	4
Sexual Aggression among Women and Men in an Iranian Sample: Prevalence and Correlates	4
Microaggressions as a Framework for Understanding Women’s STEM Career Experiences in Lebanon	4
The Gender Gap in Environmental Concern: Support for an Ecofeminist Perspective and the Role of Gender Egalitarian Attitudes	4
Examining Changes in Abortion Attitudes Following the Transition to Parenthood	4
Bisexual Women’s Meaning Making of Same-Sex Performativity: Orientation Towards a Heteropatriarchal Context	4
Women’s Experiences of Sexual Harassment and Reductions in Well-Being and System Justification	4
Penalized for Challenging Traditional Gender Roles: Why Heterosexual Relationships in Which Women Wear the Pants May Be More Precarious	4
Sexual Socialization Experiences and Perceived Effects on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Young African American Women	4
Mother’s Instinct? Biological Essentialism and Parents’ Involvement in Work and Childcare	4
Status Markers in Popular Music Across Six Countries: A Content Analysis of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Genre, and Capital in Music Lyrics	4
Sisters in Arms: Lowering Rape Myth Acceptance in a Hypermasculine Environment	4
Comparisons of Health-Related Quality of Life among Users of Different Types of Menstrual Products: A Study of Taiwanese University Students	4
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	4
Beyond Equality: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Young Straight Adults’ Expectations for Future Family Labor	4