"Eu gosto de ser professor e gosto de crian？as” - A escolha pro？ssional dos homens pela docência na escola primária

this paper is part of a comparative study a comparative study that performs a search focused on the ？gure of the male teacher who works in the “primary” public education in rio de janeiro-brazil and in aveiro-portugal. we intended, fundamentally, to investigate the reasons of the professional choice of teachers who are engaged in an area typically associated with women. we demonstrate that the presence of male teachers in the teaching of this segment is a way of putting the issues of gender in the education, showing that there are other voices that echo in the schools, or capable individuals of exercising this profession regardless of gender. we demonstrate that, unlike that disclose some representations that circulate in society, men like of children and choose the teaching profession by taste.