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.”

  • pablodaniel@lemmings.world
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    24 hours ago

    I think muad’dib is just projecting and maybe you are, too.

    Using the internet to avoid dealing with problems in real life is an unhealthy crutch.

    • octopus_ink@slrpnk.net
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      7 hours ago

      Using the internet to avoid dealing with problems in real life is an unhealthy crutch.

      So is pretending the internet is not part of “real life” like it’s 1998.

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      23 hours ago

      unfortuatly the healthy way to deal with a situation like that is to remove yourself from it which children are not allowed to do.