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Manosphere influencers are making classrooms a nightmare. Here's why (rachelgilmore.substack.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 5 days ago

This might be a kind of unpopular opinion but in a way I'm glad that schools are going to have to confront this issue. They're very well placed to do so.

While teachers being abused obviously have my sympathies, the school system can't ignore this problem and then act shocked when this behavior appears in schools.

training for all teachers on how to manage this behavior and this trajectory for kids
social media literacy should be part of the curriculum for kids in all years
awareness programs and training for parents
exposure to more appropriate role models who can help young boys understand how to interact with women
advocating for regulation of social media - it's just bullshit that youtube et al gives this bullshit a platform

[-] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago

You say that, but then they trot out “boys will be boys” time and time again.

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago

Not necessarily.

Female teachers are resigning over this.

[-] funkyfarmington@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

All of that is irrelevant without administrators being on board. And that will never happen.

[-] Policeshootout@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

I'm not sure why you assume this but my wife and I both work in high school (grade 8 - 12) which is part of a small, fairly conservative community. Our administrative staff all the way up to superintendent are extremely supportive of these types of things. Inclusion and awareness is very important at our high school for everyone. We also have social media education introduced in multiple classes. About 3/4 of all staff are female and neither of us have witnessed this type of misogynistic behavior. Our struggle is racism, antisemitism and intolerance.

I'm not saying that misogyny isn't a problem, I experience it on instagram and YouTube all the time and the comment sections are insane. My point is that administration does care, we are encouraged to include this type of education in our curriculum and we talk about it during staff meetings.

[-] Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

Unfortunately not all administrators care, and some can be part of the problem. The school I work at has some endemic culture issues because of the "old boys" club that has been formed by the principal. I am glad that you have supportive administration, but that is less common than it should be.