The purpose of this study is to identify differences in mothers’ perception on the acceptance of young
children’s male teachers as class teachers according to young children’s gender. As a result of this study,
male class teachers of young children were more acceptable to the mothers of boys, compared to the
mothers of girls. The mothers of boys and girls presented conflicting answers, namely “good” and “no
good” to male part time teachers for their children. Concerning the expected role of male teachers, such
answers as “young children’s physical development promotion” and “everyday life guidance for boys” took
up high ratios from the mothers of boys. However, such answers as “work or duty requiring physical power” and “education for handicapped children” accounted for high ratios. The mothers of boys responded
“did not affect” with high ratio, but the mothers of girls responded “much affected” with high ratio
regarding a question,”Did sexual violence incidents reported on the media affect your view on male
teachers? “The mothers of boys answered affected” and the mothers of girls answered did not affect, which
took up high ratios, respectively, to the question of male teachers’ changing young children’s diapers and
toilet training.