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.”

  • Matriks404@lemmy.worldEnglish
    601·
    8 hours ago

    When I was 10, or 13 there were literally no issues like this at all. Well, I didn’t even think about girls that much at that age, let alone in overly sexual way, lol.

    What the actual fuck is happening with society recently? Is everybody going insane because of social media?

    • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
      251·
      7 hours ago

      I was a rotten kid growing up with distant parents and a hostile sister.

      If I’d had access to porn and comics without leaving the house, I’d have become one of these people.

      This is why the tech bros don’t want their kids growing up looking at screens.

    • Doom@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      912·
      7 hours ago

      Sorry but that’s absolutely not true.

      Boys not being allowed to cry, being man enough, strong enough has always been a thing since before anyone who touched the Internet was born.

      This isn’t new at all.

      • fishy@lemmy.todayEnglish
        21·
        6 hours ago

        You’re talking toxic masculinity, he’s talking about these children being inundated with propaganda via social media. Very few middle and high school students watched Fox news in the 00’s whereas now it’s being algorithmically jammed down their throats.

        Social media is going to cause the fall of the USA and it’s so fucking sad to watch. Social media needs to be scheduled as/like a drug.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        15·
        7 hours ago

        Depends what OP meant by “problems like this”. The specific problem in the headline sounds new; teachers were teachers when I was growing up.

    • uis@lemm.eeEnglish
      212·
      7 hours ago

      Murica is doing typical murica things.