Online influencers such as Andrew Tate are fuelling an increase in sexism in the classroom, says a new survey from education union the NASUWT. It comes after the Netflix series Adolescence thrust concerns around incel culture into the spotlight.

Summary

Social media influencers are fuelling a rise in misogyny and sexism in the UK’s classrooms, according to teachers.

More than 5,800 teachers were polled… and nearly three in five (59%) said they believe social media use has contributed to a deterioration in pupils’ behaviour.

One teacher said she’d had 10-year-old boys “refuse to speak to [her]…because [she is] a woman”. Another said “the Andrew Tate phenomena had a huge impact on how [pupils] interacted with females and males they did not see as ‘masculine’”.

“There is an urgent need for concerted action… to safeguard all children and young people from the dangerous influence of far-right populists and extremists.”

  • scintilla@lemm.eeEnglish
    111·
    22 days ago

    I think you underestimate the sheer number of homophobic parents that aren’t necessarily abusive but would be if their kid ever came out. There are a lot of people I’ve talked to that their online escape was the one thing that kept from killing themselves.

    I’m not saying that it’s healthy but there are a lot of kids in a situation that they can not escape from because of the way that society treats children. Children are treated as something that is closer to property than an individual when it comes to things like law enforcement and emotional abuse.

    • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      61·
      22 days ago

      Homophobia is abusive. Regardless of the intentions. Ignorance of that fact doesn’t excuse it.

      • scintilla@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        22 days ago

        I agree. Try arguing that to a conservative judge in the south and you will simply be sent home with your abusive parent, who is likely enraged about having to defend themselves from the “law”.

        • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          5·
          22 days ago

          Yeah, absolutely. Having been in a marriage with an abusive person, there is zero reasoning with them once they’re in that state.

          • pablodanielEnglish
            16·
            21 days ago

            I’m sure there’s a way to reason with them; you just didn’t know how to go about it.

            • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              5·
              21 days ago

              See, you say that. I tried to figure that out for 11 years. I lived it. It doesn’t happen.

              • pablodanielEnglish
                14·
                21 days ago

                Not everyone is equipped to help people like that.

    • pablodanielEnglish
      24·
      21 days ago

      I think muad’dib is just projecting and maybe you are, too.

      Using the internet to avoid dealing with problems in real life is an unhealthy crutch.

      • scintilla@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        21 days ago

        unfortuatly the healthy way to deal with a situation like that is to remove yourself from it which children are not allowed to do.

      • octopus_ink@slrpnk.netEnglish
        21·
        21 days ago

        Using the internet to avoid dealing with problems in real life is an unhealthy crutch.

        So is pretending the internet is not part of “real life” like it’s 1998.