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.”

  • Wanpieserino@lemm.eeEnglish
    2434·
    2 days ago

    Those damn machines, impacting the youth!

    Those damn newspapers, impacting the youth!

    Those damn radios, impacting the youth!

    Those damn TVs, impacting the youth!

    Those damn internet connected computers, impacting the youth!

    Those damn smartphones, impacting the youth!

    Those damn AI models, impacting the youth!

    • InvertedParallax@lemm.eeEnglish
      185·
      2 days ago

      Our youth now love luxury, they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders, and they love to chatter instead of exercise. Children are now tyrants not servants of their household. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.

      • theangryseal@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        2 days ago

        Thousands of years of this stuff.

        I’m probably just another old idiot who can’t see things for what they really are, but social media does scare the hell out of me. It’s hard to imagine it being a good thing when personalities are shaped by algorithms that exist entirely to drive engagement so a company makes a buck.

        It isn’t just rich chocolaty ovaltine. The kid isn’t being brainwashed to drink a sugary drink from time to time. The kid is a constant revenue stream.

      • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
        31·
        1 day ago

        I feel like literally every generation for the last 1000+ years probably had a similar sentiment

          • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
            11·
            1 day ago

            Considering 2500 years ago is more than 1000 years ago, I’ll assume you mean 500 years in the future.

            (Also if that’s an actual Socrates quote that’s hilarious)

      • tetris11@lemmy.mlEnglish
        23·
        1 day ago

        They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,

        Uh…