子どもにとっての「ジェンダーの二分法」 : 幼児を対象にしたインタビューの分析

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The purpose of this article is to examine the structure of children's attitudes toward the "dichotomy of gender" through interviews with preschool children. Data was collected during July and August 2006. A total of 67 children in the Kyushu and Chugoku districts responded to the interview. Questions were about their preference of clothing (shorts and skirt), colors (red, blue, green, pink) toys (car, a stuffed animal, blocks, and play house items), characters (Hello Kitty, GoGo Sentai Boukenger, Futari wa Pretty Cure, Pikachu); their attitudes toward play activities (playing jump rope, playing soccer, playing untei, a horizontal ladder, and playing house), and asking them which gender these things were appropriate for. The findings are as follows : Firstly, the children's preferences with clothing, colors, toys and characters were differentiated according to heir gender, and they took them for granted. Secondly, these children thought that three of the play activities were gender differentiated: playing soccer and playing untei are for boys and playing house is for girls. thirdly, some children could cross the gender border, with variation of preferences. I discuss these results in terms of gender construction during early childhood.
九州保健福祉大学の論文