The purpose of the study has been to apply a gender perspective to analyze and discuss how men are perceived in preschool. Based on previous research, we have identified that there is a stigma or notion that men are a potential threat. In the essay, we will discuss how the notion of men in preschool are constructed and how it affects the division of labor from a gender perspective. We have conducted discussions both at an individual level, group and community level that extend nationally and internationally. We have studied the development of preschool and seen a pattern that it has been a female-dominated profession since young children's institutions were founded in the 19th century. Our study is based on a social constructivism and intersectionality theory in our analysis and results. The focus has been on guardians' ideas about how they experience male educators in preschool. We have discussed concerns about men and how trust is created. We have done this study with a qualitative research method where we conducted six interviews with informants who are parents of children who attend or have attended the Swedish preschool.

Our study aims to shed light on the uneven representation of male and female teachers in the Swedish preschool system, but also specifically male preschool teacher´s role in relation to a female dominated domain. Considering both parents and male preschool teacher´s perspektive, er condukted a quantitative survey aimed towards parents and a qualitative interview study aimed to male preschool teachers. The theoretical framework used to analyze our material were an intersectional and a phenomenograpic approach where we studied a variety of experiences and perspektives om what kind of role gender plays in preschool. Conclusions from our analysis show that male preschool teachers express a general discomfort performing intimate woek duties included in a preschool teacher+s job, worrying about parents´views on the risk of sexual abuse on their children, regarding the preschool teacher´s gender. Our study showed a general discomfort, but also a divided view from parents on the fact that male preschool teachers exist, but it was also concluded that gender should not be a deciding factor in what kind of duties a preschool teacher should be allowed to perform. The study contributes a wide perspektive on the problematic situation experienced by parents regarding male preschool teachers, but it also sheds light on the fundamental rigid gender norms, contributing further prejudice towards male preschool tachers.

Min essä handlar om de erfarenheter jag har som manlig pedagog i förskolan och hur de har påverkat mig som manlig pedagog inom förskolan och mina självupplevda händelser som påverkat mig i min yrkesroll. Den gemensamma nämnaren i mina upplevda händelser jag beskriver är att jag möter tankar om den manliga pedagogen som en förmedlare av värden som antingen ses som goda, eller som hot. Mitt dilemma handlar om att jag som manlig pedagog får förhålla mig till generaliseringar om män som potentiella pedofiler men också generaliseringar om mannen som normskapande och auktoritär aktör i en kvinnodominerad miljö. Uppsatsens huvudsakliga syfte har varit att problematisera och synliggöra olika perspektiv på manliga pedagoger inom förskolan. Min essä sträcker sig över en tidsperiod från slutet av 1990-talet fram till idag.Uppsatsen är skriven i en vetenskaplig essäform. Den är baserad på mina egna erfarenheter och mina erfarenheters möte med olika teoretiska perspektiv och teorier. Att skriva uppsatsen i formen av en erfarenhetsbaserad vetenskaplig essä har hjälpt mig att låta mina erfarenheter möta teoretiska perspektiv och därigenom se mina egenupplevda händelser ur nya perspektiv. I uppsatsens reflekterande del använder jag mig av flera olika teoretiska perspektiv för att kunna få perspektiv på mitt dilemma och nå min frågeställning. Jag inleder uppsatsens reflekterande del med en historisk beskrivning av mannen i den svenska förskolan. Jag beskriver även pedofildebattens ursprung. Med hjälp av olika forskares tankar kring genus, intersektionalitet, maskulinitet och könsmaktsordning reflekterar jag över mitt och de personers handlande som beskrivs i min inledande berättelse. / My essay is about the experiences I have as a male teacher in preschool and how they have influenced me as a male teacher in preschool and my self-experienced events that have influenced me in my professional capacity. The common denominator in my perceived events I describe is that I encounter ideas about the male teacher as a mediator of values that are either seen as good, or as a threat. My dilemma is that I as a male teacher may relate me to generalizations about men as potential pedophiles but also generalizations about men as the norm creation and authoritative actor in a female-dominated environment. The essay's main aim has been to identify the problems and highlight different perspectives of male teachers in preschools. My essay spans a period from the late 1990s to today.The essay is written in a scientific essay form. It is based on my own experience and my experience entities meeting with different theoretical perspectives and theories. Writing the essay in the form of an evidence-based scientific essay has helped me to let my experiences meet theoretical perspective and thereby make my own perceived events from a new perspective. In the essay reflective part, I use several different theoretical perspectives in order to gain perspective on my dilemma and reach my issue. I begin the essay reflective part with a historical description of the man in the Swedish preschool. I also describe pedophile debate origin. Using different researcher’s ideas about gender, intersectionality, masculinity and gender power structure, I reflect on my actions and the persons described in my initial story.

My thesis deals with the problems of sexual abuse of children. It is divided into nine chapters, each of which has a subhead. In the first part, I focused on the term of child sexual abuse. In the second part, I focused on the problem of sexual abuse of children by family members. In the third part, I explained the term of commercial sexual violence committed against children. In the fourth part, I focused on the victims of sexual abuse and in the following part, I focused on the perpetrators. In the sixth part, I described the consequences of the abuse and in the seventh part, I described the therapy. I put a stress on the eighth part which deals with the sexual abuse prevention. The thesis ends with the ninth chapter where I described the moral crimes.