故事有能力影響我們維持一個社會的原狀，攸

關故事和社會結構間之關係，本研究將檢查Grimms' Fairy

Tales（1996）這本書當中的兩個故事The Turnip和The　

Golden Goose，說明故事藉由提供愉快和保證企圖影響我

們渴望學習故事中性別角色的概念和特性，這些性別角色

的概念和特性即是影響我們不知不覺建構性別歧視社會的

來源之一。為了打破故事所提供的幻想，Belsey（1980）

建議我們要閱讀不同觀點的故事，因此，本研究繼續探討

Winterson's （2003）The King of Capri和Funke' s

（1997）The Princess Pigsty這兩個故事，說明有些故事

提供孩童不同的觀點，以期孩童能了解性別均等的重要，

因而能為建構一個較均等的社會做努力。

Stories have the ability to influence us

to maintain existing social structures. To

demonstrate this idea, this study examines two

stories, The Turnip and The Golden Goose from

Grimms' Fairy Tales (1996). Because tales give

different pleasures and promises to boys and girls,

they can trigger their desires. Through these

effects, we can begin to learn gender-related

traits. These are the traits that lead us to form

social structures that we are not consciously aware

of. To break away from the influences of fictional

fantasies, Belsey (1980) suggests that adults offer

alternative tales. This study thus explores how

nontraditional tales can offer alternative

viewpoints for readers to consider. So, the readers

can have a chance to think about how they can

challenge conventional gender roles. The

nontraditional stories, chosen for this study to

explain alternative perspectives, are Winterson's

(2003) The King of Capri and Funke's (1997) The

Princess Pigsty. By experiencing alternative

stories, it is hoped that children can produce

their own meaning regarding gender roles and

transform the biased social structure.