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.”

  • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I don’t know much more than you, but they said it right in the comment. “They are obsessed with their value” Such as, “High value man” “low value man” ect

    I do know my 14 year old nephew is obsessed with making money in ways I never saw in my youth cohort

    • kandoh@reddthat.comEnglish
      16·
      2 days ago

      Nothing is more toxic than obsessing over money and status. Literally will poison your soul and ruin your life.

        • vga@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          42·
          2 days ago

          Capitalism is an inadequate reason for all this, because we had decades of capitalism without this level of shit and toxicity.

          • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.caEnglish
            71·
            2 days ago

            “How did we get here from there?” One step at a time.

            Not all consequences are immediate.

            • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.ukEnglish
              11·
              2 days ago

              I’d argue it’s not the inevitable outcome of capitalism. The grifters are connecting and feeding off each other like never before though. Trump/Tate/Farage/Rogan/Jones/Brand/Peterson/Shapiro are a few that spring to mind. They’re probably not sitting round planning stuff (well Shapiro probably is in the dorkiest way possible) but they amplify each other, vouch for each other etc etc.

              They’re parasites with no moral compunction, they spot a glitch where they can get support, money and power and exploit the shit out of it with no regard to the consequences.

              To my mind they harken back to the bullies of the 90s (and I’m sure before) and appeal to that mindset, wokeness bothers them because it represents progress that patches the glitch. I could ramble for hours but I’ve no solution, I wish someone did.

              • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.caEnglish
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                1 day ago

                I wouldn’t say inevitable, but there seems to be a whole aspect of capitalism where doing that which is not done is the norm. So all those baby steps inevitably lead to a degree of rapaciousness that is hard to envision 20 or 40 years ago.

    • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I don’t really see this as something new. None of it really. There have always been backward ass people. They have always called other kids losers and ostracized them. There has always been a classroom full of kids dragging everyone around them down. School never solved these problems so how am I supposed to react when I hear it’s getting worse?