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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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[–] Boppel@feddit.org 12 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

So? You get a F, you get a F, you get a F...

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

"That fucking stupid bitch woman teacher gave me an F because (insert misogynistic mental gymnastics to make it her fault for being female here)"

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

"That's what you get when you don't talk with your teachers and spend your time on social media, dumbass!"

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

Said with with Red Forman's voice and facial expressions, it would be perfect

[–] TheFudd@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Why do you think handing out massive numbers of "F"s will change these kids' behavior?

That might work when there's only a few kids screwing up and there's social pressure on them to change for the better, but right now the social pressure is going in the opposite direction because of people like Tate. The boys will just say they're getting "F"s because teachers/women/"liberal educators"/whoever just hate boys and masculinity, and people like Tate will validate their views there.

I get that the idea of flunking these kids to "teach them a lesson and show them how wrong they are" might provide a nice, satisfying dopamine hit to you in the moment, but all it's going to do is make the problem worse.

[–] Boppel@feddit.org 1 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

Well, yes. Thats the whole idea of grades. But since we are using this messed up system to sort people in "good" and "bad" at least grow a spine and sort them according to good and bad.

[–] TheFudd@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

Well, yes. Thats the whole idea of grades.

Not trying to talk shit, but I believe you misunderstand how grades like that work on a larger scale.

If a teacher flunks one or two kids, that means there's a problem with those one or two kids.

If a teacher flunks every kid in the school, that means there's a problem with the teacher and/or the school.

Make sense?

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 21 hours ago

when i was in school, for that i’d get sent to the principals office, then suspended, and if i kept it up, expelled….