Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-09-07DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01684-9
Mario Sainz,Sofía Schwartz-Salazar,Gloria Jiménez-Moya,Roberto M. Lobato
{"title":"Gendered Profiles of Classism Toward People in Poverty: Hostile and Paternalistic Manifestations","authors":"Mario Sainz,Sofía Schwartz-Salazar,Gloria Jiménez-Moya,Roberto M. Lobato","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01684-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01684-9","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Ambivalent classist representations shape support for poverty eradication strategies, yet little is known about how these attitudes differ when directed toward women versus men. We address this gap by conducting latent profile analyses to examine the emergence and prevalence of gendered ambivalent classism profiles across five countries ( N = 4,116; Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico). Results revealed a consistent range of classism profiles based on hostile and protective paternalistic attitudes toward women and men, including three ambivalent classist profiles (low, moderate, and high), a high generalized classist profile, a low-classist profile, and a paternalist profile. Profile emergence and prevalence varied by country and by the gender of the target. General trends emerged whereby participants were more likely to belong to paternalistic profiles when evaluating women in poverty compared to men in poverty. Further, those perceiving greater gender and economic inequality, and those identifying as feminists, were more likely to be members of low-classist or paternalistic profiles. Paternalistic and low-classist profiles were also less likely to justify existing inequalities and more supportive of collective action to confront them. These findings suggest that anti-poverty policies and interventions should account for gendered perceptions of poverty, as public support and stigma differ depending on whether poverty is associated with women or men.","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148933941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-08-27DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01692-9
Heather Hensman Kettrey, Alyssa J. Davis
{"title":"Zeroes in a Zero-Sum Game: A Netnographic Analysis of Incels’ Construction of Inequality in the Manosphere","authors":"Heather Hensman Kettrey, Alyssa J. Davis","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01692-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01692-9","url":null,"abstract":"In the Manosphere, a digital space hostile to women, men are depicted as victims of women’s gains. The belief that women’s advancements come at the expense of men is a product of a zero-sum worldview, which posits that one group’s success comes at a cost to others. Importantly, research on zero-sum ideology tends to focus on power between rather than within groups. This focus overlooks grievances of less-advantaged members of privileged groups, such as men who do not receive full benefits of masculine privilege. In this analysis, we examine the ways incels (i.e., involuntary celibates) construct inequality in a presumed zero-sum game. Through a netnography of incels.is, we find that users cast inceldom as a disability and marginalized sexual identity, calling for an uprising to secure reparations for the denial of masculine privilege they believe they are owed (e.g., women’s sexual attention). We call this process <jats:italic>zeroing out</jats:italic> , defined as the strategic adoption of systemic inequality in a way that appropriates the experiences of the underprivileged to secure the entitlements one feels owed, but denied, as a lower-status member of a privileged group. We believe our findings have implications for the way we view hierarchies of power within privileged groups.","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148842939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-08-25DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01689-4
Jennifer M. StGeorge, Liam G. Graeme, Elisabeth Duursma, Liana Leach, Barnaby Dixson, Jacqui A. Macdonald
{"title":"Paternal Affection, Masculinity, and Fathers’ Parenting Self-Efficacy: Findings From an Australian Cohort Study","authors":"Jennifer M. StGeorge, Liam G. Graeme, Elisabeth Duursma, Liana Leach, Barnaby Dixson, Jacqui A. Macdonald","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01689-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01689-4","url":null,"abstract":"Parenting self-efficacy refers to the confidence that parents have in their ability to successfully promote children’s development and to overcome parenting challenges. Yet how parenting self-efficacy unfolds in men remains largely unknown. Developmental ecological models of fathering suggest that fathers’ parenting beliefs, such as parenting self-efficacy, develop through a complex interaction of factors. In the present study, we examine two important individual factors that may influence parenting self-efficacy: men’s recollection of affection received from their own father and men’s cultural values regarding traditional masculinity. Data were obtained from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men), Wave 1 and Wave 2 of the adult age group ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 7,901). After adjustment for covariates and prior depression, we found that higher levels of recalled paternal affection were significantly associated with greater parenting self-efficacy. Masculine norms relating to ‘winning’ and ‘risk taking’ were positively associated with greater parenting efficacy, while ‘emotional control,’ ‘violence,’ ‘playboy,’ and ‘power over women’ were associated with lower parenting self-efficacy. Our findings suggest that fathers’ affection has long-term consequences for their children’s future parenting self-efficacy. To enhance their parenting self-efficacy, some men may benefit from support that challenges the idealisation of masculine dominance while reinforcing evolving expectations of fathers.","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148842940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-08-25DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01688-5
Alyssa DeBlaere, Lilly Shoemaker, Amy Muise
{"title":"Engagement and Audience Responses to Content About Gender Equality in Romantic Relationships on TikTok","authors":"Alyssa DeBlaere, Lilly Shoemaker, Amy Muise","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01688-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01688-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148842976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-08-20DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01687-6
Mario Sainz, Gloria Jiménez-Moya, Andreas Laffert, Heather E. Bullock
{"title":"From Guidance to Sterilization: Sexualized Stereotypes of Low-SES Women and Their Role in Supporting Paternalistic and Hostile Classist Policies","authors":"Mario Sainz, Gloria Jiménez-Moya, Andreas Laffert, Heather E. Bullock","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01687-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01687-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148769068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-08-08DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01686-7
Daniel Alonso, Leah Feuerstahler, Selin Gülgöz
{"title":"Concealment and Mental Health in Binary Transgender Adults: Examining the Role of Relative Centrality","authors":"Daniel Alonso, Leah Feuerstahler, Selin Gülgöz","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01686-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01686-7","url":null,"abstract":"Some transgender adults may choose to conceal their transgender identity to reject their assigned sex at birth and assert their true gender (Rood et al., 2017). Although past research has suggested that concealing a transgender identity may lead to negative mental health outcomes, it is possible that the links between concealment and mental health may depend on how a transgender individual identifies. While some binary transgender adults may view their binary gender (i.e., woman, man) as more central to who they are, others may feel a stronger identification with their identity as transgender. The current study contributes to existing literature on whether concealing a transgender identity is linked to mental health. Further, the current study tested whether the link between concealment and mental health may depend on relative centrality, or the importance individuals place on their binary gender relative to their transgender identity. In a U.S. sample of binary transgender adults (<italic>N</italic> = 200; 92% White, 81% transgender women), greater concealment of one’s transgender identity was associated with poorer self-reported mental health. Controlling for discrimination and gender identity non-affirmation, the observed links between concealment and mental health were consistent, regardless of the relative centrality of participants’ binary gender and transgender identity. Overall, findings suggest that concealing a transgender identity may be costly to mental health across a wide range of transgender identity experiences, highlighting the need for efforts that increase support and acceptance of transgender persons and reduce the pressure to conceal.","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148717398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-08-06DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01681-y
Samantha B Douglas, Colin Tucker Smith, Gregory D Webster
{"title":"Breadmakers and Breadwinners: Measuring Prescriptive Gender Role Beliefs for Men and Women Separately and on a Common Metric","authors":"Samantha B Douglas, Colin Tucker Smith, Gregory D Webster","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01681-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01681-y","url":null,"abstract":"Although there are many available measures of gender role beliefs, no existing scale allows researchers to measure prescriptive beliefs about men’s and women’s home and work roles separately and on a comparable metric. We present two newly-developed scales—one pertaining to men and one to women—with items that are identical in content and differ only in whether they mention men or women. Results from confirmatory factor analysis indicate that these newly developed scales have acceptable model fit as well as evidence of convergent, discriminant, concurrent, and incremental validity. Furthermore, the scales show scalar invariance between men and women which allows researchers to have greater confidence that observed differences in gender role beliefs are due to differences in the underlying construct rather than an alternate way of interacting with or interpreting the scale items. In sum, these scales provide researchers with a psychometrically-sound measure of prescriptive gender role beliefs of men and women on a common metric thereby allowing theory to develop unconstrained by measurement procedures that confound views toward women with views toward men, and also views of work with views of home.","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"279 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148698815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-08-06DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01680-z
Ankur Srivastava, William J. Hall, Adam Bryant Miller, Pin-Chen Chiang, Sonyia C. Richardson, Hannah Burgess, Cayson W. Tiedge, Denise Yookong Williams, Dicky Baruah, Jake A. Leite, Adam R. Englert, CasSandra Calin, Juliana M. Wilson
{"title":"Gender Dysphoria, Affirming Care, and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults: Evidence from a Community-Based Sample","authors":"Ankur Srivastava, William J. Hall, Adam Bryant Miller, Pin-Chen Chiang, Sonyia C. Richardson, Hannah Burgess, Cayson W. Tiedge, Denise Yookong Williams, Dicky Baruah, Jake A. Leite, Adam R. Englert, CasSandra Calin, Juliana M. Wilson","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01680-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01680-z","url":null,"abstract":"Transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) adults broadly face elevated risk of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in comparison to their cisgender peers, and even higher risk among those with experiences of gender dysphoria. Prior research has largely focused on transgender populations, with limited attention to nonbinary individuals, particularly in states with hostile policy contexts and increasingly restricted gender affirming care. A cross-sectional survey was administered at 36 LGBTQ+ Pride events across North Carolina. The analytic sample included 1,109 TGNB respondents (30.7% identified as transgender and 69.3% as nonbinary). Multivariate logistic regression assessed associations between dysphoria, affirming care, and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, with models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation. There was a higher prevalence of gender dysphoria among transgender (88.0%) versus nonbinary adults (49.8%). Gender dysphoria was significantly associated with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (ideation, attempts, and non-suicidal self-injury) among nonbinary adults, but only ideation among transgender adults. Gender-affirming care was received by 70.3% of transgender adults and 17.2% of nonbinary adults, with health insurance barriers associated with higher odds of suicide attempts. Findings underscore risk self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among TGNB individuals with gender dysphoria and highlight the need to disaggregate TGNB populations in both research and clinical care. Ensuring and safeguarding access to gender-affirming care, particularly within restrictive policy environments, is critical to mitigating self-injurious thoughts and behaviors risk in this population.","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148698817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-08-05DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01682-x
Sara B. Chadwick, Andie Brookens, Tonya Pavlenko, Abbie R. Clapp
{"title":"Associations Between Sexual Coercion and Desire Among Women Partnered with Men: The Role of Sexual Coercion Frequency, Type, and Relationship Length","authors":"Sara B. Chadwick, Andie Brookens, Tonya Pavlenko, Abbie R. Clapp","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01682-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01682-x","url":null,"abstract":"Low sexual desire is a common concern reported by women in committed relationships with men. Low desire is often perceived as a biological issue within women’s bodies; however, the heteronormativity theory of low sexual desire in women partnered with men proposes that it stems from how gender norms shape sexual and romantic relationships. In line with this theory, the current study examined associations between sexual coercion (i.e., using psychological or physical pressure or threats to obtain sex) and desire among a sample of 174 cisgender and gender/sex minority women partnered with men. Using cross-sectional survey data, we tested whether frequency of sexual coercion from a partner and/or the types of sexual coercion used predicted general and recent (across the past four weeks) sexual desire, examining relationship length as a moderator. Generally, results showed that greater sexual coercion frequency was associated with significantly lower general and recent desire, and the strength of this association increased with relationship length. For sexual coercion types, experiencing sexual coercion that used emotional threats, but not physical threats or drug/alcohol-related coercion, was associated with significantly lower general and recent desire. Normative sexual pressure (i.e., flirtatious or ambiguous forms of sexual pressure that may be normalized within relationships) was associated with the maintenance of sexual desire across relationship lengths, with some caveats. Overall, findings provided preliminary evidence that sexual coercion may contribute to lower sexual desire among women, highlighting a need for more research on coercion-desire dynamics within relationships.","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148693394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sex RolesPub Date : 2026-07-24DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01675-w
Mariah Alaina Lindsay, Chloe Grace Hart
{"title":"Reading the Room: How Workers Perceive Organizational Climate Toward Sexual Harassment","authors":"Mariah Alaina Lindsay, Chloe Grace Hart","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01675-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01675-w","url":null,"abstract":"Research identifies an organization’s climate toward sexual harassment as the strongest predictor of sexual harassment prevalence. Yet how employees come to perceive their organization’s climate toward sexual harassment has not been explored. Drawing on data from 35 interviews with restaurant workers in Madison, Wisconsin, we show that workers overwhelmingly draw from their experiences and interactions in the workplace, rather than written organizational policies, to make sense of the organization’s climate toward sexual harassment. Workers who perceived their organization to be intolerant of unwanted sexual or sexist behavior described witnessing disrespectful or harassing behaviors being preempted, interrupted, or addressed. However, workers who did experience unwanted sexual or sexist behaviors rarely concluded that their organization was broadly tolerant of sexual harassment. Instead, they often drew boundaries, perceiving their organization as more tolerant of such behavior from high-status members of the organization than from others (particularly customers and Latino employees). This variation indicates that perceptions of organizational climate are not necessarily uniform. These findings suggest that organizations can meaningfully deter sexual harassment by fostering climates in which disrespectful behavior – of any kind, and from any source – is clearly and reliably addressed.","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"162 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148587219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}