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submitted 3 weeks ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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."

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[-] BenjiRenji@feddit.org 12 points 3 weeks ago

I can really recommend the mini series Adolesence on Netflix (or wherever) to get a great, dramatized example of how this effect looks like.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

I grew up in Dubai and most of my teachers were women. None of the boys ever gave any lip on account of their sex. If they did, the teacher wouldn't need to discipline them... we would.

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[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Then BEAT THEM SENSELESS AND REMOVE THEIR SCREENS

[-] StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 weeks ago

Sky news wishes it was

[-] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago

Dude, I never cared who my teachers were, so long as they weren’t jerks. Even then, I got over it.

[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

If that is where America is heading, to some theocracy like Iran and where men see women as chattel, then I would rather raise children elsewhere there is a culture of empathy.

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