The survey (which you can find under the title “a third of teachers report misogyny among pupils last week, survey suggests”), of teachers in England, also suggests that teachers have been witnessing a rise of such incidents in the past 5 years. And that social media probably is the main culprit for this social regression.
I worry so much for the younger generation, and for the young women growing up in it. The world they are inheriting is dogshit, and who knows how much their rights will have degraded by the time they hit 18, or how much of this nonsense they themselves will have internalized and normalized. The people online who peddle this bullshit and make a career of it are abhorrent assholes.
I don’t even know what to ask at this point. Is there anything as individuals that can be done? It’s horrifying to watch, like a crash in slow motion
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It was bad 15 years ago when I went to a mixed school in England. Sexual assaults and misogyny were common place at the school. The teachers wouldn’t or couldn’t do anything about it. I remember a case where a girl was sexually assaulted then blamed by the schools senior leadership. I can’t believe how much worse it’s gotten because it was already bad. What helped was going to a girls school for my exams – completely different ethos. But that’s not feasible for the majority of young women.
My friend is a teacher and he says the lack of alternative role models for boys is a real problem. They’re getting a very skewed idea of masculinity. The women who are teachers he’s worked with are leaving in their droves because of male pupil behaviour.