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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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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (7 children)

First. If the kid doesn't want to talk to the teacher then put the kid into detention until they will. If the kid misses more then a certain number of days of class. Make them take the entire grade again. Fail them.

Second (and I'm not sure how we would do this) cut them off from the internet. There are books in the library for doing research.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 24 points 4 days ago (4 children)

These kids already have been left behind by someone and they filled the void with people telling them it wasn't their fault.

And your solution is to leave them even more behind? That's just compounding the problem.

The solution is guidance and therapy. What you're describing is retaliation.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

These kids already have been left behind by someone

It's like bullies. People always come down hard on bully kids. They rarely act like that naturally, they learned this behaviour. They're probably being abused at home. Coming down hard on them just makes them more angry and confused.

You have to figure out what is making the kids act the way and address that.

[–] pablodaniel 0 points 3 days ago

Thank you for understanding. It's clear how few people are actually equipped to help kids like these.

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