Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)

The Gender Inequality in Chinese Textbooks

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220131.196How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gender Stereotypes; Gender Inequality; Chinese Textbooks

Abstract

Gender stereotype is very common in daily life, and it will have a bad impact on immature children. In this review, this paper will discuss the manifestation of gender stereotypes and gender inequality in Chinese textbooks. Textbooks do not depict women and men objectively, and women are often portrayed as weak and dependent. However, men are often endowed with good qualities, such as ambition and courage. Textbooks have been irrigated gender inequality in children’s minds unconsciously. Such descriptions will lead children to incorrect guidance and children will have obvious gender stereotypes in the future. It is effective and necessary to help children understand gender equality by changing gender stereotypes in textbooks. This study focuses on how gender stereotypes formed and some examples of gender inequality and stereotypes in Chinese textbooks. Moreover, this paper also expresses author’s own opinions about changes in helping children become clearer about gender equality and stereotypes in the future.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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