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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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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wtf I don't condone that archaic behavior. I meant that's why kids behaved in the old days, because they had to, or else.

Nowadays we need better schooling.

That's how I meant it.

[–] conicalscientist@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It's kind of weird people are taking that literally.

Also just a weird is how the internet predominantly lays the blame solely on parents. And people love to absolve everyone else especially teachers of any childhood development responsibilities. LIke the saying goes, 'it takes a village'. Teachers are as much parents as anyone else in the village. The aunts/uncles, neighbors, corner store clerk, mailman, police officer. When kids act up, the adults have to correct it.

Yet the internet generally just glares at the parents. Then again it stands to reason parents or broadly speaking people who actively engage in parenting roles aren't chronically online. They're actually raising children.

People wonder why things are the way they are. Maybe it's because the village has absconded.

If I had kids I should damn well hope they get a beating at school when they step out of line. Figuratively of course. Because. The internet seems to have lost all reading comprehension. Maybe they weren't beat enough at school either... Figuratively I mean.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago

I am sorry but to me this reads as if you want kids to be beaten