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.”

  • peteyestee@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Sometimes I wonder if the Internet should only be allowed for people 21 or 25 years or older.

    21 is the new 16… 25 is the new 21.

    But… At the same time older adults are extremely dumb too.

    But giving a young person access to the Internet is like letting them walk NYC alone at night during the 70s.

    Ever since Facebook and 9/11 the Internet has been kind of awful.