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Who Can Do STEM?: Children’s Gendered Beliefs about STEM and Non-STEM Competence and Learning Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Christine K. Shenouda, Khushboo S. Patel, Judith H. Danovitch
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pSTEM Implicit Stereotypes and pSTEM Motivation Among Black and Latina Undergraduate Women: The Role of Gender and Ethnic/Racial Typicality Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Christine R. Starr, Alan Meca
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“When It Fits Wrong, I’m So Self-Conscious I Want to Die!”: Women’s Experiences Wearing Plus-Size Exercise Clothing Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Christy Greenleaf, Caitlyn Hauff
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Women’s Experiences of Sexual Harassment and Reductions in Well-Being and System Justification Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Chloe Howard, Nickola C. Overall, Danny Osborne, Chris G. Sibley
This study examines the impact of personally experiencing sexual harassment on women’s subjective well-being and perceptions of gender relations and society. We draw upon large-scale national probability panel data and utilize propensity score matching to identify (1) women who reported sexual harassment in the past year and (2) a matched control group of women who were comparable in outcome and demographic
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Gendered Failures and Achievements in Women’s Experiences of Men’s Orgasms Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Sara B. Chadwick, Daniel Shuchat, Eun Ju Son, Sari M. van Anders
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“I Think I Just like Having Sex”: A Qualitative Study of Sexual Assault Survivors and Their Sexual Pleasure Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Erin O’Callaghan, Katherine Lorenz
Sexual assaults’ effects on survivors’ sexual pleasure have been well-documented in the literature. However, much of this research is quantitative in nature and focuses on the negative effects of assault on sexual satisfaction. The present study seeks to address a gap in the literature that has failed to ask survivors what they enjoy about having sex and the pleasure they derive from sex. Through a
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Piecing Together Respectability: Black Women’s Reflections on Familial Socialization Messages Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 A’zure Latimer, Alexandria Chidera Onuoha, Deja Key, Seanna Leath
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Dual-Earner Couples’ Gender Role Attitudes and Their Parental Leave Decisions: A Longitudinal Study of Partner Influences Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Anna M. Stertz, Bettina S. Wiese
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Is Online Disinhibition Related to Cyberdating Abuse Perpetration through Moral Disengagement? The Moderating Role of Gender, Sexism, and Cybervictimization Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 M. Dolores Sánchez-Hernández, M. Carmen Herrera, Francisca Expósito
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Growing Up Intersex: A Thematic Analysis of Intersex Emerging Adults’ Key Socialization Experiences in Childhood and Adolescence Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Shelby Astle, Katrina Pariera, Kristin M. Anders, Bria Brown-King, Marissa Adams
Socialization experiences around having an intersex variation have lasting impacts on intersex individuals’ well-being. Understanding commonalities in socialization experiences of intersex children and adolescents can inform influential figures in the lives of intersex individuals on how to provide improved support and positive socialization. Guided by a critical intersex perspective, we interviewed
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Gender-Typical Appearance in Early Childhood: Role of Parental Gender-Typical Appearance and Children’s Gender Similarity Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Joyce J. Endendijk, Chiara Antoniucci, Faye Chadwick-Brown, May Ling D. Halim, Christel M. Portengen
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Underrepresented Rather than Misrepresented? A Content Analysis of Female Characters’ (non)Sexualization in Virtual Reality (VR) Games Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-14 Shay Xuejing Yao, Joomi Lee, Reed M. Reynolds
With the increasing popularity and availability of virtual reality (VR) video games, the representation of women within these immersive environments becomes crucial to explore. Although the sexualization of female characters in traditional video games has been widely studied, the sensory-rich nature of VR may introduce changes in character representations and emergent adverse outcomes. In the present
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Status Markers in Popular Music Across Six Countries: A Content Analysis of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Genre, and Capital in Music Lyrics Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Luca Carbone, Priscila Alvarez-Cueva, Laura Vandenbosch
Music artists can be powerful sources of representation about what it means to have a high status. Previous literature has shown that artists display their high status by singing about economic factors, such as driving expensive cars. Yet, we do not know whether artists also showcase a high status in their lyrics by identifying with a particular social group and showing power via sexual objectification
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Identifying Pathways to the Incel Community and Where to Intervene: A Qualitative Study with Former Incels Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Alyssa Maryn, Jordan Keough, Ceilidh McConnell, Deinera Exner-Cortens
The term “Incel” refers to a group of boys and/or men who feel that they have been unjustly denied relationships and sex with women due to an unfair social system, and some Incels have committed violence based on these beliefs. More broadly, self-identified Incels face social and mental health issues and can hold negative beliefs about women and other marginalized genders, which may lead them to harm
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Bisexual Women’s Meaning Making of Same-Sex Performativity: Orientation Towards a Heteropatriarchal Context Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Flora Oswald, Jill M. Wood, Jes L. Matsick
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Parents’ Pre-Pandemic Benevolent Sexism Predicted Lower Parenting Strain and Psychological Distress During COVID-19 Lockdowns Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Nina Waddell, Nickola C. Overall, Valerie T. Chang
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Undoing Gendered Identities? Centrality and Meanings of Parental and Work Identities in Semi-Traditional, Equal-Sharing and Role-Reversed Couples Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Ruth Gaunt, Ana Jordan, Agata Wezyk, Mariana Pinho, Anna Tarrant, Nicola Chanamuto
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Flourishing in a Binary World: The Creation of Transgender Alternative Narratives Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Joseph R. Schwab, Alan J. Stamper
The master narrative of gender within contemporary U.S. culture is that there are two mutually exclusive categories of men and women. This leaves transgender individuals with the precarious position of creating alternative narratives in response to that master narrative. The current qualitative research study was undertaken to better understand the varieties of alternative narratives transgender individuals
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Inequality Within the Family: A Comparative Analysis of Gendered Working Time Preferences Among Dual-Earner Couples Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Ronit Waismel-Manor, Asaf Levanon
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Sisters in Arms: Lowering Rape Myth Acceptance in a Hypermasculine Environment Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 Lynne Chandler Garcia, Stacy Ulbig, Kimberly Dickman
While scholars have extensively studied rape myth acceptance, less is known about these myths within hypermasculine environments and among women within these environments. One hypermasculine environment in which rape myth acceptance remains understudied is the United States Air Force Academy, which is characterized by the hypermasculinity that is often found in military environments and is an academic
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Same Place, Different Worlds: An Emergent Fit Analysis of the Experiences of Iranian Trans Women and Trans Men Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 Mahsa Yaghoubirad, Parviz Azadfallah, Catherine Ann Cameron
Iran's cultural, social, and historical characteristics contribute to different experiences for Iranian trans women and trans men compared with their peers in other countries where gender diversity and trans rights are acknowledged. We conducted an emergent fit analysis based on past grounded theory studies of Iranian trans women's and men's identity development to explore and compare the diverse gender
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Gendering Narcissism: Different Roots and Different Routes to Intimate Partner Violence Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Ava Green, Claire M. Hart, Nicholas Day, Rory MacLean, Kathy Charles
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Trans Across Generations: Shifts in Narratives of Gender, Transphobic Violence, and Community Support Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Yalda Farokhi, Vanessa Mendoza, Ella Ben Hagai, Em Sanders, Tamar Antin, Paulina Ortega
The increased visibility, legal protections, and the affirmative paradigm of care have changed the living conditions of transgender people in liberal areas in the United States. Grounding our investigation in an intersectional framework (Ben Hagai et al., 2020), we ask how transgender people of different generations describe their gender identity, experience of oppression, and engage with community
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Sex Wars and TERF Wars: The Divisiveness of Who is Included in Feminism Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Thekla Morgenroth, Teri A. Kirby, Miriam K. Zehnter, Michelle K. Ryan
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Mean Girls in Disguise? Associations Between Vulnerable Narcissism and Perpetration of Bullying Among Women Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Ava Green, Claire M. Hart
The literature on bullying perpetration is underpinned by gendered undertones, commonly portraying men as bullies given men’s greater tendency to exhibit stereotypically masculine and overtly grandiose features of narcissism. Due to the lack of gender-sensitive inventories employed, the association between narcissism and bullying perpetration among women remains understudied. Using an all-women sample
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Relating Profiles of Ethnocultural Gender Roles to Mental Health and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Latina Women Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Martinque K. Jones, Melissa Briones-Zamora, Autumn Underwood
Latina women report higher levels of psychological distress relative to Latino men (Fortuna et al. in J Clin Psychiatry 68(4):572–581, 2007; Wassertheil-Smoller et al. in Ann Epidemiol 24(11):822–830, 2014). Despite the prevalence and chronicity of mental health concerns among Latina women, rates of help-seeking are relatively low (Division of Diversity & Health Equity in Mental health disparities:
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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 Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Alexandra N. Fisher, Michelle K. Ryan, Yuan-Hsi Liao, Gosia Mikołajczak, Larisa Riedijk, N. Pontus Leander, Georgios Abakoumkin, Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom, Vjollca Ahmedi, Maximilian Agostini, Moshin Atta, Sabahat Cigdem Bagci, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Edona Berisha Kida, Allan B. I. Bernardo, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit, Hoon-Seok Choi, Mioara Cristea, Kaja Damnjanovic, Ivan Danyliuk, Daniela Di Santo
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Men’s Perception of Women’s Passive Sexual Responses Impacts Their Decision-Making During Simulated Hookups Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Samantha L. Anduze, Michael T. Shaw, Bridget N. Jules, Emily R. Ives, Allison M. McKinnon, Richard E. Mattson
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Masculinity and Muscle Dysmorphia in Mixed Gender Canadian Youth Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Kyle T. Ganson, Nelson Pang, Rachel F. Rodgers, Alexander Testa, Stuart B. Murray, Jason M. Nagata
Prior research has documented an association between conformity to masculine gender norms and muscle dysmorphia symptomatology. However, much of this research has been limited to samples of men. To address this important gap in the research, the aim of this study was to determine the association between conformity to masculine gender norms and muscle dysmorphia symptomatology among a gender-diverse
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Punishing Women for Miscarriage: The role of Political Orientation and Hostile Sexism Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Jocelyn Chalmers, Leif Woodford, Robbie M. Sutton
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Dangerous Motivations: Understanding How Marginalization Relates to Benevolent Sexism Through Threat Perceptions Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Tangier Davis, Solangel C. Troncoso, Martinque K. Jones, Kathrina Robotham, Isis H. Settles
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Fleshing Out the Ways Masculinity Threat and Traditional Masculinity Ideology Relate to Meat-Eating and Environmental Attitudes in Australian Men Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Claudio Neumann, Samantha K. Stanley, Diana Cárdenas
Meat consumption needs to be reduced to limit climate change but achieving this requires understanding the drivers of meat consumption. In this study, we investigated two potential drivers—a contextual threat to masculinity and the stable individual difference of masculine ideology—and how they predict meat-eating intentions, attitudes, and environmentalism. Employing a sample of 375 Australian men
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Gender and National Collective Narcissism: Gender Asymmetries and Obstacles to Gender Equality Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Agnieszka Golec de Zavala, Oliver Keenan
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Gender Bias in Perceptions of Military Leaders: Hostile Sexism Moderates Men’s Evaluations of Faces Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Elizabeth L. Wetzler, Lisa M. Korenman, Stephen R. Rylander
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Sexual Objectification in Family of Origin Scale: Development and Psychometric Evaluation Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Dawn M. Szymanski, Rachel F. Carretta, Charlotte Strauss Swanson, Danielle Bissonette Mink, Grace Haring
In this article, we report the development and psychometric properties of scores on a new 8-item scale designed to assess women’s sexual objectification experiences in their family of origin: Sexual Objectification Experiences in Family of Origin Scale. Our participants were 827 young adult women, ranging in age from 18–30 years old, who filled out a web-based survey. We provide support for structural
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Intersex in the USA’s Best-Selling Undergraduate Psychology Textbooks: Uneven Critique in an Ongoing Scientific and Ethical Crisis Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Peter Hegarty, Sam Vaughan
The field of intersex studies is advancing and requires scholars to update their knowledge and representation of people with intersex variations. To examine how psychology students are taught about people with intersex variations, we reviewed best-selling USA psychology textbooks in introductory psychology (n = 8), psychology of women and gender (n = 5), human sexuality (n = 4), and biological psychology
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Sexual Assault of a Rohingya Woman: Anti-Rohingya Statements Embolden Those High in Sexism to Report Anti-Victim and Pro-Perpetrator Reactions Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 James Johnson, David N. Sattler, Gemma Roberts, Kim Dierckx
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Masculinity and Condom Use: Using a Rejection Sensitivity Framework to Understand Women’s Condom Negotiation in Mixed-Gender Sexual Encounters Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Grace M. Wetzel, Rachel A. Cultice, Rebecca Cipollina, Diana T. Sanchez
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Acknowledging that Men are Moral and Harmed by Gender Stereotypes Increases Men’s Willingness to Engage in Collective Action on Behalf of Women Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Alexandra Vázquez, Lucía López-Rodríguez, Marco Brambilla
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The Delegitimization of Women’s Claims of Ingroup-Directed Sexism Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Kerry E. Spalding, Rebecca Schachtman, Cheryl R. Kaiser
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Understanding Perceptions of Gender Non-Binary People: Consensual and Unique Stereotypes and Prejudice Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Megan K. McCarty, Anna H. Burt
Gender non-binary people identify as neither exclusively men nor exclusively women. The current work represents some of the first quantitative investigations into stereotypes and prejudice directed towards gender non-binary people. In Study 1, 238 cisgender women and 156 cisgender men indicated how they thought cisgender men, cisgender women, gender non-binary people, and binary transgender people
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Sociocultural Messages about Gender Dysphoria (Dis)Align with the Lived Experiences of Trans and Nonbinary Individuals: A Qualitative Study Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Louis Lindley, Joonwoo Lee, Marquel Norton, Stephanie L. Budge
This study explored the experiences of trans and nonbinary (TNB) individuals in relation to gender dysphoria, specifically focusing on information they have received from sociocultural agents (i.e., messages) about gender dysphoria and how their actual experiences align or differ from these messages. A sample of 104 participants responded to four prompts: what sociocultural messages have you received
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Systemic Powers, Institutionalized Thinking and Situated Knowledge: A Qualitative Exploration on the Meanings of ‘Menstruation’ and ‘Menstrual Health’ in Spain Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Laura Medina-Perucha, Constanza Jacques-Aviñó, Anna Sofie Holst, Carme Valls-Llobet, Diana Pinzón-Sanabria, Andrea García-Egea, Cristina Martínez-Bueno, Anna Berenguera
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Media Portrayals of Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Comparative Analysis of News Headlines Across Europe Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Sofia E. Bracco, Sabine Sczesny, Marie Gustafsson Sendén
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Asian American Women’s Racial Dating Preferences: An Investigation of Internalized Racism, Resistance and Empowerment against Racism, and Desire for Status Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Thomas P. Le, Lydia HaRim Ahn
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Masculinity and Mental Well-Being: The Role of Stigma Attached to Help-Seeking Among Men Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Alexis M. Mostoller, Kristin D. Mickelson
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The Sexual Objectification Experiences of Non-Binary People: Embodied Impacts and Acts of Resistance Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Lee Pradell, Joshua G. Parmenter, Renee V. Galliher, Elizabeth Grace Wong, Lindsey Rowley, Hanna Huenemann, Sadie South
Non-binary people simultaneously identify outside the binary and experience the consequences of living in societies that embrace the gender binary to varying levels. The current study used a qualitative, interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach to understand how non-binary people experience sexual objectification, which historically has focused on binary gender assumptions and populations
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Humorous Responses to Gender Injustice: The Contrasting Effects of Efficacy and Emotions on Women’s Collective Action Intentions Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Smadar Cohen-Chen, Rashpal K. Dhensa-Kahlon, Boaz Hameiri
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A Critical Review of Measures of Gender Equitable Attitudes: Recommendations for Conceptualization and Future Assessment Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Jill C. Hoxmeier, Erin A. Casey, Juliana Carlson, Claire Willey-Sthapit
Gender equality is a global priority that has yet to be realized. The factors that shape individuals’ ideas about, or attitudinal commitment to, gender equity has been the focus of much research. In this body of literature, however, gender equitable attitudes (GEA) have been labeled, defined, and measured in many ways. Using literature identified in an earlier review of predictors of gender equitable
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Assault Typologies of College Rape Victims: A Mixed Methods Investigation Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Heather Littleton, Michael Dolezal, Molly Higgins, Shine Choe, Aja Zamundu
Sexual assault remains an entrenched public health issue, with adolescent and emerging adult women at disproportionate risk for victimization. Identifying common typologies of sexual assault could be critical in developing effective prevention and intervention. However, prior work in this area has primarily utilized quantitative methodologies to classify sexual assaults into typologies, which may not
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Mother’s Instinct? Biological Essentialism and Parents’ Involvement in Work and Childcare Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ruth Gaunt, Francine M. Deutsch
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Instagram Use and Endorsement of a Voluptuous Body Ideal: A Serial Mediation Model Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Ana Belmonte, K. Megan Hopper, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey
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Exposure to Lived Representations of Abortion in Popular Television Program Plotlines on Abortion-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Support: An Exploratory Study Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Stephanie Herold, Andréa Becker, Rosalyn Schroeder, Gretchen Sisson
Evidence suggests that entertainment media may influence knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to health topics. After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it is critical to examine how these media may be associated with people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions related to abortion. Using a non-experimental ex post facto design, we examined whether exposure to any of three abortion
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Correction to: Gender Differences in Children’s Reasoning About and Motivation to Pursue Leadership Roles Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Andrea C. Vial, Andrei Cimpian
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Diverse Gender Identity Development: A Qualitative Synthesis and Development of a New Contemporary Framework Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Molly Speechley, Jaimee Stuart, Kathryn L. Modecki
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Gender Categorization and Stereotypes Beyond the Binary Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Marie Isabelle Weißflog, Lusine Grigoryan
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Women’s Engagement in Political Discussion on Twitter: The Role of Gender Salience, Resources, and Race/Ethnicity Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Ayla Oden, Nichole M. Bauer, Ke Jiang, Lance Porter
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Gender Differences in Children’s Reasoning About and Motivation to Pursue Leadership Roles Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Andrea C. Vial, Andrei Cimpian
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Achieving Equality or Persisting Inequality: Effects of Framing of Equality on Attitudes Toward Women and Gender Equality Through Identity Threat and Cognitive Unfreezing Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Isabel Cuadrado, Andreea A. Constantin, Lucía López-Rodríguez, Lucía Estevan-Reina
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Do Virtual Environments Close the Gender Gap in Participation in Question-and-Answer Sessions at Academic Conferences? In Search of Moderation by Conference Format Sex Roles (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Shoshana N. Jarvis, Christine Q. Nguyen, Minwan Zhu, Charles R. Ebersole, Laura J. Kray