Abstract for my essay In this study I have with qualitative interviews examined four male preschool teachers interpretations of gender and work with gender in preschool. Specifically, I have been interested in what thoughts male preschool teachers have about the preschool gender assignment, how they express these thought in their work with gender and how they perceive their role as men in preschool in relation to gender and gender equality. The preschool teachers express that preschools gender assignment to them means that one should treat girls and boys equally and give them the same opportunities. Based on their interpretations they express how they work with gender in preschool, they´re trying to change the image of what’s feminine and masculine through interactions with the children and with the language as an instrument. Despite this, I feel that they have difficulties to present substantial examples of how to counteract gender stereotypes in preschool. Unlike previous studies emphasizes the teachers in this study express their awareness of that the reproduction of gender is unconscious and that they’re not certain if they treat girls and boys equally. The male teachers perceive their role as men in the gender assignment is to show children that regardless of gender one can do everything and that there isn’t something that´s typically feminine or masculine.