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
    192·
    5 hours 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.

    • Realitätsverlust@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      4 hours ago

      The problem is that parents - apparently - have no interest in educating their children anymore. They just place their kids in front of a PC or give them an iPad so they can watch TV or something.

      Forbidding people from accessing the internet is going to raise a generation of children unfamiliar with it and then drifting off completely. Just look at the NK soldiers when they were shipped to russia and first had access to the internet. Half of them became porn addicts.

      • BenjiRenji@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        And also educating themselves. The kids will learn stuff, including slang, memes and concepts that are unknown to parents that don’t spend as much time on these platforms. So they won’t even recognize problematic ideas.

        • Realitätsverlust@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Yes, because they think “I’m too old I don’t understand that anyways.”. That’s what my grandmother says when she needs her PC fixed, “I’m too old I don’t have to know that.” - well, guess what, if you call me every week for a problem that you could’ve fixed yourself by googling 3 minutes, it’s probably not a bad idea to learn it.

          Parents are responsible for their kids, and they should be learning what their child is doing and understanding it so they can intervene if shit goes south.