Gendrelization and Social Change: A case study of the Tokushima fishing area in Japan

本研究作为建构性别转换的生活史与社会学理论的第一阶段，以田野调查与半正式访谈的方法，在德岛渔人区分析了20世纪20年代至90年代日本近代化进程中性别转换的历史变迁。主要研究结果如下：1。概念化性别有三个阶段，第一阶段：性别角色，第二阶段：性别歧视，第三阶段：男女地位。丈夫（尤其是渔夫的）有强烈的“ie”思想，但他们在日常生活中照顾孩子和家务。20世纪20年代到1945年出生的人，很多女性都非常想要儿子。如今，许多父母更喜欢女孩而不是男孩作为他们的第一个孩子（有时是唯一的）。女性对女孩的偏爱比男性更明显。父母（尤其是渔民的父母）通过非常辛苦的工作致力于孩子的教育。这份报告尚未完成，它必须包括关于诸如审议复杂结构等问题的其他论点。

This research as a first phase to construct as life history and sociological theory of transforming gender analyzes its historical change in Japanese modernization process, from 1900's to 1990's ,depending upon the methods of fieldwork and semiformal interviews at fisherman's area in Tokushima.The mien findings are as follows;1. There are three phases of conceptualizing gender, phase 1: gender roles, phase 2 : gender discrimination, phase 3 : Status of women and man.2. Husbands (especially fisherman's) have "ie "ideology strongly, but they take care of their chilren and house keeping in daily life.3. People who was born from 1920's to 1945 many women who badly wanted sons. In present-day, there are many parents who prefer a girl to boy for their first (and sometimes the only) child they have.Preference for girls in more evident among women than among man4. Parents (especially fisherman's) are dedicated to the education to their children through very hard work.This report is not yet complete, it must include other arguments on such matters as the consideration of complicated structure.