The women's division of the National Teachers Labor Union (NTLU) has made various efforts to eliminate gender discrimination in classroom instruction. The division published textbooks and instruction guides regarding sex education and gender discrimination.
Along with the NTLU's Division on Gender Equa1 Education, it also organized a teacher training seminar. The 1993 training session focused on identifying teachers' prejudices regarding gender roles and on developing ways to eliminate them.
As a further effort to develop a gender equa1 education, NTLU teachers have organized new fairy tale writing projects. An example of these newly written tales is as follows:
"A New Fairy Tale"
0nce upon a time, there lived a beautifu1 princess named Seu1-ki ('Wise'). This princess lived in a castle and had many expensive dresses. The princess was promised to marry a prince named Oh-man ('Haughty').
One day, a giant dragon appeared, set the princess's castle on fire, and with its hot fiery breath, burned all of the princess's dresses, and kidnapped the prince. Princess SeuI-ki resolved to chase after the dragon and save her prince
The princess searched for some clothes to wear, but all that was left was a paper bag. So, the princess threw on the bag and went after the dragon.
At last, Princess SeuI-ki arrived at a cave that had a grand door. The princess took hold of the knocker and knocked on the door. The dragon stuck his nose out the door and said,
"Oh, it's the princess! Princesses are delicious to eat, but since l ate the whole castle toady, I'm already full. Why don't you come back tomorrow?"
The dragon shut the door so fast that the princess almost hit her nose on the door.
'Wait!' Princess SeuI-ki shouted. 'Is it true that you are the world's most magnificent and fearsome dragon?'
'Of course,' replied the dragon.
'Is it true that with your fiery breath, you can burn down ten forests?' asked the princess. 'WelI. of course,' said the dragon. With that, the dragon let out a long, deep breath and burned down fifty forests.
' Wow! That's reaIIy magnificent!' said the princess.
The dragon drew in another deep breath, but this time, nothing came out. The dragon did not have enough fire left to fry an egg.
Princess SeuI-ki walked past the dragon's be1ly and opened the cave door. Inside sat Prince Oh-man. Prince Oh-man looked at the princess and said. 'You 100k really filthy! You smell like ashes, and your hair is tangled! On top of that, you're dirty, and you are dressed in a paper bag. Go and come back dressed like a rea1 princess!
'Prince Oh-man,' the princess said, 'I think your clothes are really nice, and your hair looks good. You look like a true prince, but you yourself are a worthless felIow!'
They say that after that, Princess Seul-ki and Prince Oh-man never married.