OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sex Roles is 6. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Mind the Gap: Gender, Racial, and Educational Differences in American Gender Attitudes from 1977 to 2018	67
Associations Between Women’s and Men’s Conformity to Gender Norms and Bystander Intervention to Disrupt Sexual Assault	48
Author Correction: “I Think Most of Society Hates Us”: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Interviews with Incels	45
It’s Not Fine Online: Assessing the Emotional Consequences of Online Sexual Objectification and its Effect on Behaviour	42
Feminist Beliefs, Not Gender Equality Primes, Shape Self-Reported Partner Preferences	40
Tech-Savvy Men and Caring Women: Middle School Students’ Gender Stereotypes Predict Interest in Tech-Education	37
The Gendered Resource Dilution: Sibling Structure, Parental Non-Monetary Investment, and Child Housework Labor in China	29
Unmarried Black Women’s Sexual Socialization: The Role of Dating, Motherhood, and Intimate Partner Violence Across Media Types	28
“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	28
“Even Here”: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Gender Bias Incidents at a Selective Liberal Arts College	27
“Sport Belongs to Everyone… But Not During Pregnancy”: Views of Finnish Sport Stakeholders on Pregnancy in Sport	26
Orgasm Frequency Predicts Desire and Expectation for Orgasm: Assessing the Orgasm Gap within Mixed-Sex Couples	19
Who is Responsible for Remembering? Everyday Prospective Memory Demands in Parenthood	18
Correction to: Children’s Evaluations of Gender Non-Conforming Peers	18
“It Wasn’t Meant for Gays”: Lesbian Women’s and Gay Men’s Reactions to the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory	18
Development and Validation of the Ambivalent Homoprejudice Toward Lesbian Women at Work Scale	18
Gender, Self-Stereotyping, and Life Goals Predict Career Interest in Germany, Nigeria, and Turkey	17
Sociocultural Messages about Gender Dysphoria (Dis)Align with the Lived Experiences of Trans and Nonbinary Individuals: A Qualitative Study	15
Effectiveness of Interventions for Transgender Prejudice Reduction: A Meta-Analysis	15
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	15
Motor Skill Learning in Iranian Girls: Effects of a Relatively Long Induction of Gender Stereotypes	14
Gender Confirmation Work, Rest, and Symbolic Boundaries in (Trans)Gender Support Groups	14
Exploratory Analysis of the Role of Transnormativity in the Association Between Gender Dysphoria and Psychological Distress	14
Achieving Equality or Persisting Inequality: Effects of Framing of Equality on Attitudes Toward Women and Gender Equality Through Identity Threat and Cognitive Unfreezing	13
Perceptions of Trans Dating and Romantic Partners: The Role of Gender and Transphobia	13

An Adapted Sociocultural Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating Among Midlife Men	13
Masculinity and Condom Use: Using a Rejection Sensitivity Framework to Understand Women’s Condom Negotiation in Mixed-Gender Sexual Encounters	13
“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 Ignorance	13
Diverse Gender Identity Development: A Qualitative Synthesis and Development of a New Contemporary Framework	13
Transgender Knowledge Mediates U.S. Political Differences in Prejudice and Support for Trans-inclusive Policies	12
Like Parent, like Child: General and Specific Associations Between Parents’ and Children’s Binary Gender Identity in a Gender Egalitarian Context	12
Masculinity and Muscle Dysmorphia in Mixed Gender Canadian Youth	12
Correction to: An Adapted Sociocultural Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating among Midlife Men	12
Vagina, Pussy, Vulva, Vag: Women's Names for Their Genitals are Differentially Associated with Sexual and Health Outcomes	12
Cloaked in Kindness: Bystander Responses to Witnessed Benevolent and Hostile Sexism	12
Gendered Division of Digital Labor in Parenting: A Qualitative Study in Urban China	12
Comparison, Competition, and Consumption: The 3Cs of Contemporary Motherhood in the Context of Children’s Education	11
Assault Typologies of College Rape Victims: A Mixed Methods Investigation	11
The Contribution of Gender Equality to the Coexistence of Progressive Abortion and Sexual Orientation Laws	11
The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Computer Science Faculty’s Turnover Intentions: The Role of Gender	11
Identifying Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Patterns and Co-occurrence of Post-Breakup Stalking Among South Korean Men	11
Traditionally and Narrowly Defined: Gender Portrayals in Television Programming Targeting Babies and Toddlers	10
Riot Like a Girl? Gender-Stereotypical Associations Boost Support for Feminist Online Campaigns	10
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	10
Collective Action on Behalf of Women: Testing the Conceptual Distinction Between Traditional Collective Action and Small Acts in College Women	10
Gender Differences in the Work and Home Spheres for Teachers, and Longitudinal Associations with Depressive Symptoms in a Swedish Cohort	10
Caring or Competent? Apparent Prioritization of Childcare Over Work Affects Evaluations and Stereotyping of Fathers	10
The Gendered Influence of Cross-Gender Friends on the Development of Adolescents’ Gender Role Attitudes	10
Career Identities and Gender-STEM Stereotypes: When and Why Implicit Gender-STEM Associations Emerge and How They Affect Women’s College Major Choice	10
Cisgender Women Underestimate Support for the Inclusion of Transgender Women in the Group ‘Women’: An Investigation of Norm Misperceptions	10
Male Victimhood Ideology Among Korean Men: Is It Economic Hardship or Perceived Status Decline?	10
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	9
“A Recipe for Disaster?”: Female-Breadwinner Relationships Threaten Heterosexual Scripts	9
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	9
Explaining Societal Shifts in Victim Blaming and Perpetrator Culpability for Sexual Violence: Evidence From the #MeToo Era	9
Spatial Skills and Self-Perceived Masculinity: Considering College Major STEM-ness, Directionality, and Gender	9
Identifying Pathways to the Incel Community and Where to Intervene: A Qualitative Study with Former Incels	9
Too Tired to Lean In? Sleep Quality Impacts Women’s Daily Intentions to Pursue Workplace Status	8
The Unbearable Weight of Gender Inequalities: Development and Validation of the Social Treatment and Experiences of Women (STEW) Scale	8
The Sexual Objectification Experiences of Non-Binary People: Embodied Impacts and Acts of Resistance	8
“When It Fits Wrong, I’m So Self-Conscious I Want to Die!”: Women’s Experiences Wearing Plus-Size Exercise Clothing	8
My Body, My Choice? Examining the Distinct Profiles Underlying Attitudes Toward Abortion and COVID-19 Mandates	8
Do Virtual Environments Close the Gender Gap in Participation in Question-and-Answer Sessions at Academic Conferences? In Search of Moderation by Conference Format	8
Navigating Abortion Stigma: Abortion Identity Centrality, Stigma Management Strategies, and Psychological Outcomes	8
Unmasking Street Harassment in Spain: Prevalence, Psychological Impact, and the Role of Sexism in Women’s Experiences	8
Implicit and Explicit Sexist Attitudes Towards Women Drivers	8
Changes in Sexual, Romantic, and Gender Identities Across the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study	8
Fiber Arts Require Spatial Skills: How a Stereotypically Feminine Practice Can Help Us Understand Spatial Skills and Improve Spatial Learning	7
Workplace Experiences of Muslim Women in STEM in Canada: An Intersectional Qualitative Analysis	7
Nonverbal Gendered Cues as Accurate Signals of Sexual Orientation	7
Testing an Integrated Biopsychosocial Model of Adolescent Girls’ Body Shame: Considering the Role of Pubertal Development	7
Flourishing in a Binary World: The Creation of Transgender Alternative Narratives	7
The Sex-Based Harassment Inventory: A Gender Status Threat Measure of Sex-Based Harassment Intentions	7
Revealing Gender Double Standards in the Parenthood Norm Depends on Question Order	7

Is Online Disinhibition Related to Cyberdating Abuse Perpetration through Moral Disengagement? The Moderating Role of Gender, Sexism, and Cybervictimization	7
Beyond the Barbell: Women in Strength-Based Sports and the Reshaping of Gender Norms	7
Women’s Engagement in Political Discussion on Twitter: The Role of Gender Salience, Resources, and Race/Ethnicity	7
Perceptions of Parental Responses to Gender Stereotype Violations in Children	7
Accounting for First-Time Motherhood at Advanced Maternal Age: Risk, Temporality, and the Preservation of Stratified Reproduction	7
People Overestimate Backlash Against Helpers Who Violate Gender Stereotypes: Experimental Examination of a Prosociality Paradox	7
Instrumentality Gives Girls the Edge: Gender-Differential Relations Between Instrumentality, Achievement Motivation, and Self-Esteem	6
Understanding Occupational Gender Segregation Through Students’ Program Choices and Career Interests	6
Alcohol Use and Hostility Toward Women: Individual and Perceived Peer Attitudes Shape College Men's Consent Behavior	6
Picturing Sexual Agency: A Visual Content Analysis of Adults’ Sexual Stereotypes of Young Women	6
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Investigating Adolescent Body Hair Attitudes, Satisfaction, and Removal Practices	6
Blame of Rape Victims and Perpetrators in China: The Role of Gender, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Situational Factors	6
Same Place, Different Worlds: An Emergent Fit Analysis of the Experiences of Iranian Trans Women and Trans Men	6
Punishing Women for Miscarriage: The role of Political Orientation and Hostile Sexism	6
Testing the Internal Consent Scale for Measurement Invariance Across Women and Men	6
Is Marriage Associated With Decreases or Increases in Sexism?	6
Recognizing Gender Harassment in the Workplace: A Qualitative Analysis	6
Macho or Nerd: Perceptions of Masculinity, Social Environment, and Science Capital Utilization Among Adolescent STEM Students	6
Mean Girls in Disguise? Associations Between Vulnerable Narcissism and Perpetration of Bullying Among Women	6
Gender Categorization and Stereotypes Beyond the Binary	6
Do Images Speak Louder Than Words? Effects of Body Positive and Fitspiration Quotes and Images on State Body Image in Women and Men	6
Bisexual Women’s Meaning Making of Same-Sex Performativity: Orientation Towards a Heteropatriarchal Context	6
Feminism, Femininity, and Negative Embodiment: A Contemporary Meta-Analytic Test	6
“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	6