We make only one point in this article. Every quantitative study must be able to answer the
question: what is your estimand? The estimand is the target quantity—the purpose of the …

Stigma has become an increasingly significant challenge for society. Recognition of this
problem is indicated by the growing attention paid to it within the management literature …

Purpose The inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and
having other sexual orientations and gender identities) is a crucial step in improving gender …

Although gender is central to contemporary accounts of educational stratification, sexuality
has been largely invisible as a population-level axis of academic inequality. Taking …

Survey experiments are an underutilized but powerful tool for sociologists interested in
studying causal research questions. Survey experiments can yield insights into the breadth …

Recent research in the social sciences suggests a methodological paradox as scholars work
to make sense of the contemporary relationship between masculinity and homophobia …

Heteronormativity, as defined in queer theory, is the presumption and privileging of
heterosexuality. Research on how young people make sense of and narrate …

Precarious manhood theory posits a double standard in gender rules such that prescriptions
(“shoulds”) and proscriptions (“should nots”) are endorsed more strongly for men than for …

Imagine that you have been tasked with hiring a new employee for your com pany.
Hundreds of applications have started to pour in. You have a short cover letter and an …

Social scientists struggle on how to best operationalize and measure sexual orientation.
Depending on the survey, researchers can use self-reports of lesbian, gay, or bisexual …