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Gendered Racism and Anticipated Pregnancy-Specific Stress Among Non-Pregnant Nulliparous Black, Latina, and Multiracial Women 性别种族主义和未怀孕未生育的黑人、拉丁裔和多种族妇女的预期妊娠特异性压力

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-07-04 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01662-1

Emily Rehbein, Gianna Monte, Kim Muellers, Daiyah Williams, Chi-Chi Egodigwe, Marci Lobel, Lisa Rosenthal

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Masculinity, Not Femininity, is Associated with Sexual Desirability Among Grindr Users in Australia 在澳大利亚Grindr用户中，男性气质而非女性气质与性吸引力有关

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01664-z

Wesley Grey, Jordan D. X. Hinton, Emma Austen, Elise K. Kalokerinos, Emily A. Harris, Scott Griffiths

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(Re)Imagining Motherhood Among Young Women: Between Neoliberal Subjection and Feminist Emancipation in a Familistic Context （再）年轻女性对母性的想象：在家庭主义背景下的新自由主义臣服与女权主义解放之间

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01655-0

Carme Vivancos-Sánchez, Clara Camps Calvet, Elisabet Almeda Samaranch

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The Association of Sexual Victimization with Dysmorphic Appearance Concern Among Emerging Adult Women 初出期成年女性的性侵害与畸形外貌的关系

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01656-z

Heather Littleton, Rachael Peck, Molly Higgins, Aja Zamundu, Julia Bradshaw, Nori Mohamed

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Gender Representation in HEED and STEM Occupations: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Language Arts and Mathematics Textbooks (1960–2017) HEED和STEM职业中的性别代表性：德国语言艺术和数学教科书的纵向分析（1960-2017）

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-05-12 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01649-y

Bernhard Fruehwirth, Diana Wengler, Michael Heilemann, Heidrun Stoeger

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Sex Positivity or Sexual Objectification? A Content Analysis of #SexPositivity Posts on Instagram 性积极性还是性物化？Instagram上#SexPositivity帖子内容分析

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-05-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01653-2

Teagan Stotz, Jessica L. Mackelprang, Danielle Hunt, Simone Buzwell

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Does Societal Affluence Increase the Gender Gap in STEM Graduation? A Longitudinal Assessment 社会富裕会增加STEM毕业的性别差距吗？纵向评估

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-05-05 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01654-1

Wilfred Uunk, Mingming Li

{"title":"Does Societal Affluence Increase the Gender Gap in STEM Graduation? A Longitudinal Assessment","authors":"Wilfred Uunk, Mingming Li","doi":"10.1007/s11199-026-01654-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-026-01654-1","url":null,"abstract":"Recent studies cast doubt on the assumption that national gender equality widens the gender gap in preferences and choices for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors, as posited by the Gender-Equality Paradox (GEP). Gender-equality effects do not show up within world regions, and the effects cannot be disentangled from other factors found to be higher in “the West.” However, the Affluence Paradox, which describes larger gender STEM gaps in more affluent countries, may be interpreted causally because societal affluence fluctuates, and there are strong reasons for affluence to affect gendered STEM choices. We advance the literature by assessing whether societal affluence is longitudinally associated with gender differences in STEM graduation and by examining this association by study field and a country’s level of development. Using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on women’s and men’s STEM graduation patterns over 25 years across more than 100 countries, and applying two-way fixed-effects regression models, we find that societal affluence is positively associated with the gender STEM gap. This association holds across emerging and advanced countries, yet it varies by field of study and — contrary to the economic-need assumption — results from a positive effect of societal affluence on men’s STEM odds. Our findings highlight the role of societal affluence in understanding global patterns of horizontal gender segregation and the need to address its effects.","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148287508","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}

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The Role of Power, Social Dominance Orientation, and Masculinity in Shaping Endorsement of Prescriptive Beauty Norms 权力、社会支配取向和男性气质在形成规范美的认可中的作用

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-04-28 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01651-4

Ece Akca

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Rethinking Sexual Consent Myths: Development and Validation of the Sexual Consent Myths Scale (Sex-M) 重新思考性同意神话：性同意神话量表（Sex-M）的发展和验证

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-04-25 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01652-3

Ezgi Toplu-Demirtaş, Ayşegül Aracı-İyiaydın

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Machismo, Rape Myths, and Sexual Violence: A Mixed Methods Study of Rural Mexican Parents’ Beliefs and Conversations About Gendered Risk 大男子主义、强奸神话和性暴力：墨西哥农村父母关于性别风险的信仰和对话的混合方法研究

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2026-04-22 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-026-01646-1

Andrea S. Medrano, Courtney M. Medina, Ashley Harvey, Dollar Ganu, Mayra A. del Carmen

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