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.”

  • Boppel@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Well, yes. Thats the whole idea of grades. But since we are using this messed up system to sort people in “good” and “bad” at least grow a spine and sort them according to good and bad.

    • TheFudd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      Well, yes. Thats the whole idea of grades.

      Not trying to talk shit, but I believe you misunderstand how grades like that work on a larger scale.

      If a teacher flunks one or two kids, that means there’s a problem with those one or two kids.

      If a teacher flunks every kid in the school, that means there’s a problem with the teacher and/or the school.

      Make sense?