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We need to tackle rampant misogyny in schools

The hit Netflix drama Adolescence has unleashed a wave of panic around teenage boys, sparked a national conversation about how to protect children from misogyny and added to longstanding scrutiny over the influence of toxic online “manfluencers”. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn The prime minister, Keir Starmer, has called for the programme to be shown in schools, while the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said that “the behaviour of boys, their influences, and the young men they become, is a defining issue of our time”. But does the series actually reflect what schools are like at the moment? Matt Pinkett has been a teacher for more than a decade and has spent the last few years travelling around UK schools educating young people about topics from positive masculinity to misogyny. Not only does Adolescence get a lot right, Pinkett says, including that parents and teachers are struggling to grasp what’s going on – but also around how some young boys can get radicalised online; it only takes an average of 23-26 minutes for TikTok and YouTube Shorts to recommend toxic or misogynistic content to young men’s accounts, according to a study from Dublin City University. But beyond this, from what he’s seen in classrooms, Pinkett – who has written books on rethinking masculinity and improving boys’ mental health in schools – says misogyny, especially “casual misogyny”, has gone “mainstream”. And while we should be careful not to demonise young boys, he adds, “something needs to change”. This renewed attention also comes as a new report from Whitehall’s spending watchdog finds that the “epidemic of violence against women and girls” in the UK is getting worse. “Tackling misogyny [in schools] is the start of tackling rape culture. It’s really important,” says Pinkett. Watch to find out more about what could be done to tackle these issues, and follow this link as our podcast team headed to a sixth form in Manchester to speak to five teenagers about what boys really think about the influences shaping their lives ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/audi... #misogyny #andrewtate #adolescence #manosphere #masculinity #men