양성평등의 관점에서 살펴본 고등학교 ‘정치와 법’ 교과서 삽화 분석

Beginning with an awareness that stereotypes about gender roles can be reproduced through illustrations of textbooks, this study analyzed the gender distribution of high school 'Politics and Law' textbook illustrations from the perspective of gender equality. As a result of the analysis, the percentage of men appearing was 17.2%p higher than that of women appearing in all illustrations, and men appeared more than women in occupational and political activities. In illustrations of the daily activities, efforts were made to balance the proportion of gender in child rearing and housework which were, traditionally, mainly regarded as women's roles, but men appeared overwhelmingly in driving behavior. In the illustrations of crime and abuse, men appeared 57.2%p more than women, suggesting that stereotypes about gender roles can be formed ambivalently. In the illustrations of exercise of property rights areas, there were more illustrations of men owning real estate and women were more engaged in consumption activities. In particular, all inheritance activities were expressed with men. Integrating all these analysis results, the illustrations in “Politics and Law” textbooks aren’t promoting gender equality. There are also worries that stereotypes about gender role will be strengthened and gender discrimination will also increase. Therefore, continuous inspections and improvements are needed to balance the proportion of gender equality in the illustrations when publishing textbooks in the future.