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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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[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Send them to a Catholic male-only school, which incidentally is also one of the most right-wing places I can imagine. Let's see how long they remain up to their "masculine" standards.

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[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 37 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Fail em. It'll be hilarious to the next group of kids who see someone his age in their class. And then the next

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's not how it works in the UK. Everyone progresses through school regardless of how you perform.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Also known as kicking the can down the road.

If you don’t fail a kid in elementary school they’re gonna fail in high school. If you don’t fail them in high school they’re gonna fail in university or in life in general.

Life has consequences for making mistakes and not learning from them. If we try to shelter children from their mistakes and bad habits then we raise adults who are poorly equipped for handling the challenges of life.

When I was in first year of university I met so many nice, seemingly-well-adjusted people who hit a brick wall with their coursework. I believe around a third of my peers failed to graduate at all in their programs. Many dropped out or transferred to other departments or other universities.

But here’s the thing: my peers had already been subject to a rigorous selection process to get in (only about 10% of applicants were admitted). If you had put all applicants through the rigours of the coursework far more would have failed.

The really tragic part of this whole story is when you factor in the degrees of the consequences for failure. In elementary school the consequences for failure would be very low. Children who are older than their peers tend to outperform them anyway. In university, however, the consequences for failure are very high (thousands of dollars wasted on failed courses that need to be repeated).

The consequences for failure outside of school (real life as they call it) are even higher: unemployment, homelessness, incarceration, and even violence and death.

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[–] Fades@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (11 children)

The world is fucked and always has been. Humanity are horrible evil beings.

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[–] Luminocta@lemm.ee 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Watch the series Adolescence (Netflix)

Next to the fact that every. Hour long. Episode. Is a one-take, it shows that this phenomenon is real. It is based on a true story and I won't spoil anything, but it gets dark from the second it starts.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago (4 children)

why periods in weird places?

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[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 35 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They can all fail and become bitter incels together

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (11 children)

And harm other people in society while they are at it

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