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.”

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    105·
    4 days ago

    It’s a shame teachers are pressured to “curve grade” rather than just flunk these people and hold them back a grade.

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
      39·
      4 days ago

      Schools now lose funding when kids don’t pass, so admins press teachers to move them along.

    • Carmakazi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      4 days ago

      Many if not all school districts in the States have their funding tied to their performance, so there is a negative incentive to make grades look good. My elementary school tried to place me in their Special Ed program because my grades would have brought the average up there.

      Plus, holding back 60, 70, 80% of an entire class just isn’t logistically feasible in most cases.