Fussy Girls and Chattering Women--The Construct and Subordination of Femininity in Preschool Teacher Training

Autor/inn/en	Hedlin, Maria; Åberg, Magnus
Titel	Fussy Girls and Chattering Women--The Construct and Subordination of Femininity in Preschool Teacher Training
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 188 (2018) 2, S.220-230 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hedlin, Maria) ORCID (Åberg, Magnus)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2016.1211120
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Sex Stereotypes; Femininity; Ethnography; Observation; Preservice Teachers; Behavior; Semi Structured Interviews; Preschool Teachers; Gender Differences; Preschool Children; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Ethnografie; Beobachtung; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Geschlechterkonflikt; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Schweden
Abstract	In Sweden, as in Western countries generally, most preschool teachers are women. This fact sometimes leads to the assumption that preschools are "feminine", and that this might be bad for boys. We challenge this assumption. Using a gender critical approach we have studied preschool student teachers. "Femininity" might be used as a rhetorical and demeaning stereotype by them. Women and femininity however, are not interchangeable concepts. Failure to acknowledge this can pave the way for subtle sexism against girls and women. Our argument is supported by ethnographic observations and interviews with student teachers. By means of a Foucauldian genealogical analysis we uncover the conditions of possibility for two long-lasting feminine stereotypes. One stereotype argues that young girls should never fuss. The other claims that women are chattering gossipers. Our study shows that these archaic notions persist in Swedish preschool teacher training, despite its long tradition of work for gender equality. (As Provided).
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