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.”

  • secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    23 hours ago

    There was always a large number of stupid kids who were jerks in school, but it was always hidden behind a mentality of stern rebukes of fights and an occasional suspension. Now, all of those same types of moronic assholes have a digital distillated stream of garbage that fits with their natural tendancies, putting these idiots into hyperdrive.

    Honestly, it’s probably better that the problem gets worse so that it unmasks the high amount of bullying and abuse that’s normally accepted in schools.

    Worst of all, when bullies harass and attack and beat people over and over in school, on the rare occasion when a student defends themself, the defender often ends up charged because “cool” bullies get a free pass unless bones are broken or the victim dies, while uncool victims are castigated by schools for defending themselves. The unfortunate recent charging of the innocent Karmelo Anthony with murder for refusing to be bullied by some asshole jock is an excellent example of this.

    Andrew Tate is not the problem, this problem has existed for a long time with school just letting it fester. Tate at least finally makes the problem noticeable. The problem has always been school administrators who allow this sort of stuff to happen.

    • ERROR: UserNotFound@infosec.pubEnglish
      12·
      15 hours ago

      Worst of all, when bullies harass and attack and beat people over and over in school, on the rare occasion when a student defends themself, the defender often ends up charged because “cool” bullies get a free pass

      Literally me.

      Charged with fucking “Aggrevated Assault with a ‘Deadly Weapon’” for self-defence against a bully

      I’m like, WTF?

      Charges were dropped because they ibviously has no evidence. But still

      WTF?!?

      I was kinda worried about deportation from the US, but then I remembered I’m already a Citizen because my mother Naturalized so I automatically derived Citizenship.

      Can you imagine the potential of deportation for a fucking school fight (not even a fight on my side, its SELF-DEFENCE)?

      And cops don’t bother to invesrigate and just take the school admin’s word for it, you know, the school admins are famously known for their impartiality? Lol nope, they are biased as fuck, they pick favorites and screw over anyone who isn’t a teacher’s pet.

      ACAB. Fuck the school admin.