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Macho or Nerd: Perceptions of Masculinity, Social Environment, and Science Capital Utilization Among Adolescent STEM Students 大男子主义或书呆子：青少年STEM学生对男性气质、社会环境和科学资本利用的看法

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Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01569-3

Revital Duek, Ronit Kark, Svetlana Chachashvili-Bolotin

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Sexual Assault Labeling Over Time Among Gender and Sexual Identity Groups: How and Why Survivors’ Perceptions Changed 随着时间的推移，性别和性身份群体中的性侵犯标签：幸存者的看法如何以及为什么改变

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Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01576-4

Madison E. Edwards, Rebecca L. Howard Valdivia, Jessica A. Blayney, Anna E. Jaffe

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Women’s Humility and Men’s Lack of Hubris: Gender Biases in Self-Estimated Spatial Intelligence 女性的谦逊与男性的不傲慢：空间智能自我评估中的性别偏见

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01572-8

Gabriela Hofer, Marla Hünninghaus, Jana Platzer, Sandra Grinschgl, Aljoscha Neubauer

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“They See Me as Less Than a Man”: The Stigmatization of Men Experiencing Homelessness “他们认为我不如男人”：经历无家可归的男人的耻辱

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01582-6

Philippe-Benoit Côté, Ariane Brisson, Sue-Ann MacDonald

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Who Are ‘They’? Gender-Neutral Pronoun Adoption by Non-Binary People and Other Gender Groups “他们”是谁？非二元性人和其他性别群体对中性代词的使用

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01577-3

Francisco Perales, Christine Ablaza, Nicki Elkin

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Correction to: “A Recipe for Disaster?”: Female-Breadwinner Relationships Threaten Heterosexual Scripts 更正：“灾难的配方？”：女性养家糊口的关系威胁着异性恋剧本

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Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-04-05 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01575-5

Alexandra N. Fisher, Danu Anthony Stinson, Anastasija Kalajdzic, Hannah E. Dupuis, Erin E. Lowey, Elysia Desgrosseilliers, Annie MacIntosh

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“Even Here”: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Gender Bias Incidents at a Selective Liberal Arts College “即使在这里”：一项对一所选择性文理学院性别偏见事件的混合方法调查

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Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01570-w

Corinne A. Moss-Racusin, Remy L. Paullay, Julia Forster, John Tagariello, June C. Paul

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Men’s Help-Seeking Willingness and Disclosure of Depression: Experimental Evidence for the Role of Pluralistic Ignorance 男性抑郁症的求助意愿与披露：多元无知作用的实验证据

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Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01574-6

Hege H. Bye, Frida L. Måseidvåg, Samantha M. Harris

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Women’s Participation in Collective Action for Workplace Gender Equality: The Role of Perceived Relative Deprivation, Resentment, and Moral Conviction 女性参与职场性别平等的集体行动：感知到的相对剥夺、怨恨和道德信念的作用

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01573-7

Silvia Moscatelli, Silvia Mazzuca, Michela Menegatti, Monica Rubini

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The Fragility of Scientific Knowledge: A Case Study on the Miscitation of Findings on Gender Stereotypes 科学知识的脆弱性：以性别刻板印象研究结果误用为例

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01561-x

Christa Nater, Alice H. Eagly

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