Ethnicity manifestations in the schema of masculinity and femininity in school children

This bachelor thesis deals with the idea whether the ethnicity of a child manifests in masculinity and/or femininity. The theoretical part is focused on two main topics - gender and ethnicity. The term "gender identity" is explained as well as its development according to various theories and furthermore the gender socialization (in various environments) and gender schemes. In the theoretical part, the thesis then focuses on the definition of the term "ethnicity", focuses on ethnic identity, socializing into a ethnicity and last but not least, ethnic stereotypes and schemes. The theoretical part is brought to an end with a chapter on gender and ethnicity and their mutual connection. The practical part concentrates on research dealing with quantitative data, however the data is processed with the qualitative approach. The data was collected through drawings of elementary school pupils, then a coding key was created and used for coding of the drawings. All the data acquired is then presented and interpreted. The outcome of this research was finding that kids of various ethnicities percieve the difference between masculinity and feminiity in similar way, there is no significant projection of the ethnicity into the schemes. KEYWORDS gender, ethnicity, masculinity, femininity, gender schemes , pupil