[W201905] 「日本社会が形作る“ジェンダー格差”に関する一考察」

静岡県立静岡高等学校

Our Research on Gender Bias That Is Being Created in Japanese Society
The influence on view of gender equality
made by the influence of the TV program on children and their parents’attitudes.

Introduction
Economic「The Global Gender Gap Report 2018」
Gender Gap Index
HealthEconomic participation and opportunity: 0.595(117)

Education

Political empowerment: 0.081(125)
IcelandFirst place out of 149 countries
Japan
110th out of 149 countries
Average

Politics

Education attainment: 0.994(65)Health and survival: 0.979(41)When you give some baby clothes to ababy girl, what color do you choose?

The number of girls who took part in theJapan Future Leader School this year is
1.5 times larger than the number of boys

Results
Parents encourage girls to follow traditional
gender roles more than they do boys
Question

TV programs may encourage boys and girls to have stereotypical gender tastes
Question: What is the most memorable animation program you watched when you were in kindergarten toPlease choose from theitems below the things
that your family members
said to you when you werea child.

Please choose from theitems below the kinds ofplay that you did as achild.

(%)
50(%)
50

Students who were asked tohelp with housework.

Students who used to playhouse.

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40

30

30

20

20

10100020

101000GirlsBoys

Girls

More girls were said tohelp with housework thanboys.

More girls used to playhouse than boys.

Tamagottchi
たまごっち

30

20

Ojarumaru
おじゃる丸

30

Anpanman
アンパンマン

40

Doraemon
ドラえもん

50

40

Pre Cure
プリキュア

60

50

Zenmai zamurai
ぜんまいざむらい

60

ONE PIECE
ワンピース

70

Power Rangers戦隊

80

70

Doraemon
ドラえもん

90

80

Boys

90

A picture of Pre CureGirls2Anpanmanアンパンマン(%)
100

BoysPokemon
ポケモン

1(%)
100

elementary school?

The largest number of boys watched “Pokemon”, and the largest number of girls
watched “Pre Cure”.

We counted the number of cells.
( ): the number of cells
1st pink(22)
2nd green(20)
3rd purple(16)Pre Cure uses a lot of pink in its
animation.

Our students have a more progressive attitude towards gender roles
than the average Japanese adult

Both girls and boys are becoming less influenced bytraditional gender roles

Question: What do you think of the idea “Men should work and women should take care of theQuestion:(Forthegirls)
If If
yougetget
marriedand/orhavechildren,
would
you
Question:(Forthegirls)
youmarried
and/orhave
children,would

likeyou
to keep
working?
like yourwife to keep working?
(Fortheboys)
Would
you
likeyourwife
to tokeepworking?
(For the boys)
Would
you
likeyourwifekeepworking?

home”?
The data from our school(%)
50

The data of Japan(%)
50

Blue: Boys Red: Girls100(%)
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About 60% of boys
who answered “Nostrong
opinion”
gave the reason
for this as “I want
my wife to decideon that.”6050403020
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Students at our school disagreed with that idea more than the average Japanese adult.

Conclusion
The root of gender inequality lies in an on-going traditional way of thinking about gender roles
that children are exposed to when they are young.
The younger generation has a relatively positive view of gender equality.
We are encouraged that attitudes among young people are changing, and we hope that this maylead to a world where men and women live in equally.

Noopinion
storongopinionNostrong

No0

Yes

Strongly disagree

DisagreeopinionNoNo storong
strong opinion

Agree

Strongly disagree

DisagreeNo storong
strong opinion
opinionNoAgreeStrongly agree

Strongly agree

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Most girls
working.

wanttokeep

Let’s create aworld where noone will be left
behind!