UK Schools to give boys anti-misogyny lessons to stop toxic masculinity in wake of Netflix hit Adolescence

Schools are set to give students anti-misogyny lessons in the wake of hit Netflix TV show Adolescence about a teen boy who murders a female classmate.

The classes form part of the government's new relationships, health and sex education (RHSE) guidance, which will be introduced before the end of the academic year.

It comes after Sir Keir Starmer revealed at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday that he was watching the mini-series with his two teenagers - and that he backs the show creators' calls for it to be shown in parliament and schools.

The four-episode programme follows the Miller family, whose lives are torn apart when their 13-year-old son Jamie is arrested for stabbing a female classmate to death after being influenced by online misogyny.

The drama, released ten days ago, was the most-watched show on Netflix worldwide last weekend, gripping audiences with its sobering portrayal of how social media and misogynistic influencers can impact young boys.

Though Labour's classroom guidance is still being developed, it is understood to include content to 'support healthy relationships', to 'enable schools to tackle harmful behaviour and ensure that misogyny is stamped out and not allowed to proliferate', an insider source said, the Times reported.

From as early as primary school, children will be encouraged to 'express and understand boundaries, handle disappointment and pay attention to the needs and preferences of oneself and others', with content modified for older children to reflect the 'real-life complexities of romantic and sexual relationships', the source added.

The development comes as a win for the Netflix show's co-writers, Jack Thorne and actor Stephen Graham - who stars as the teen boy's father - who have said they wanted Adolescence to be a programme that 'causes discussion and makes change'.

The new guidance will encourage students to 'think about what healthy sexual relationships involve' - including 'consent', along with 'kindness, attention and care'.

As children progress to secondary school, classroom content will start to include the 'communication and ethics' needed for healthy romantic and sexual relationships.

Topics covered will range from dynamics of power and vulnerability, to tools to manage 'difficult emotions', like disappointment and anger, that can affect relationships.

The effects of misogynistic online content and pornography on both young people's sexual behaviour and their views of relationship norms will also be discussed.

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has faced pressure to overturn RSHE guidance drafted by the previous Conservative government - which included bans on sex education for children under nine and discussions of gender identity.

Adolescence was praised last week by the parents of a survivor of the Southport stabbings for drawing attention to the 'terrifying' impacts of online misogynistic content on young men.

Axel Rudakubana, then 17, stabbed their daughter - known as Child A - more than 30 times during his brutal attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July last year. He killed three young girls - and was jailed for life in January.

The parents, in a statement read out by their MP during a debate on knife crime in the House of Commons on Thursday, said influencers like Andrew Tate are having a 'terrifying' impact on teen boys, who needed to be protected from this content.

Rudakubana cleared most of his online search history before the murders - so it is not known whether he viewed any content associated with Tate.

Triple murderer Kyle Clifford - who shot his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt and her sister Hannah with a crossbow and stabbed their mother Carol - is known to have viewed Tate's videos before making his ferocious attacks.

Teachers were told in government guidance released last year to look out for signs of misogyny and 'incel culture' in students aged 14 and over, which could lead to sexual abuse, violence and suicide.

The education secretary warned teachers to watch out for teen boys who had been indoctrinated by 'manosphere' influencers into 'hating women'.

Last week, former England football manager Sir Gareth Southgate blasted 'callous, manipulative and toxic influencers' for leading young men towards misogyny.

At the BBC's annual Richard Dimbleby lecture, he said the 'sole drive' of these pernicious online creators is their 'own gain': 'They willingly trick young men into believing that success is measured by money or dominance, that strength means never showing emotion, and that the world, including women, is against them.'

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[the printer is outo fink]

The families of victims get squads of glowies showing upo at their door when they're in grief, to instruct and threaten them about what to say. When you're at your weakest saddest moment in life, the government's aim is to attack you so you dont say anything bad about their exotic pets

And if they do manage to speak out, they are nearly completely censored. In Ireland a young teacher, Aisling Murphy was murdered by a Roma gypsy, with convictions in Slovakia of child abuse, and both her fiance and sister have openly, including in court, stated that this man should never have been in the country and that Aisling is dead because of the open borders policy. Ryan Casey, her fiance, was particularly clear about blaming government policy and stating that they will not be last family grieving because of it, in his victim impact statement. But the media all but ignored him, and he gets quietly called a racist by certain groups.

 

[Your Greatest Ally]

A weirdly prevalent attitude in the UK, for a lot of people, is that the rest of the world is essentially the exact same or worse; and that we somehow have it good. I don't get it either. Countries fucked.

I feel like this British mentality was the inspiration behind their depiction in 1984, and Orwell was just ahead of the curve.

 

[Lidl Drip]

I don't think this is aimed at young men/boys at all. It's aimed at parents to make them aware of what their teenage boys might be doing online and what it leads to. A great point is when the dad asks why a 13 year old boy would consider himself an incel, it's normal at that age to not have sex. But because these boys all watch pornography from age 9 they think it's not normal, that they should be having sex. This is something that parents need to talk to their kids about.

Imagine being a quiet 14 year old boy-you are viewed with suspicion, spend too much time online? No success with women? No friends? The state sees you as a potential spree killer.

And there's a reason for that, most school shooters are white boys. Have you ever read an incel forum? They all revel in violent fantasies, praise mass shooters and celebrate women and girls being raped and murdered. They talk about wanting to molest their sisters and cousins. They stalk girls from their school that they like, they make porn of them. Why is it more important to think about how they feel and not important to protect women and girls from being hurt by these boys? Well spare me the answer I already know.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Someone please explain to me why Americans are talking about American school shootings in a thread about the British political reaction to a British TV show.

 

[GameratePTSD]

I don't think this is aimed at young men/boys at all. It's aimed at parents to make them aware of what their teenage boys might be doing online and what it leads to. A great point is when the dad asks why a 13 year old boy would consider himself an incel, it's normal at that age to not have sex. But because these boys all watch pornography from age 9 they think it's not normal, that they should be having sex. This is something that parents need to talk to their kids about.


And there's a reason for that, most school shooters are white boys. Have you ever read an incel forum? They all revel in violent fantasies, praise mass shooters and celebrate women and girls being raped and murdered. They talk about wanting to molest their sisters and cousins. They stalk girls from their school that they like, they make porn of them. Why is it more important to think about how they feel and not important to protect women and girls from being hurt by these boys? Well spare me the answer I already know.

Get a new bit.

 

[Mr Bunny]

Someone please explain to me why Americans are talking about American school shootings in a thread about the British political reaction to a British TV show.

It's even more funny because she's from Belgium (not a real country) and you bongs just had 50 "youths" go on a stabbing spree in a school lately.

 

[Spud]

Someone please explain to me why Americans are talking about American school shootings in a thread about the British political reaction to a British TV show.

Something something Andrew Tate, something something porn.

 

[he who has thus come/gone]

It must be so embarrassing to be British.

 

[Megaton Punch]

Get a new bit.

"Stop stinging, scorpion!"

 

[BulkForceFive]

Ah, that was Hollyoaks. The worst soap on British TV. It's a show that has only existed for the past twenty years because it's on after The Simpsons at dinner time and no one can be bothered to find the remote.

It can't be the worst soap on British TV if it produced that sublime cumtown-esque comedy bit. I really need to start printing out my hateful image macros for that 'just like grandma used to ' touch.

 

[AnotherPleb]

Urgh I know. I learned about that here. They are despicable

It's a shame that talking about that in the UK will get you arrested.

 

[Otterly]

It's a shame that talking about that in the UK will get you arrested.

Well it’s a good job I’m in (checks) America! Today

 

[stupid frog]

https://thecinemaholic.com/adolescence-ending-explained/

Adolescence Ending: Why Did Jamie Kill Katie?

Spoiler

Even though there is some initial mystery about Jamie’s possible innocence in the case of Katie’s murder, it quickly dissolves with the reveal of the CCTV footage. The video evidently showcases the boy stabbing the girl in a car park before fleeing from the scene. Inevitably, the only real mystery that remains is about his motives. Bascombe’s trip to the kid’s school reveals that Jamie and Katie weren’t friends, despite the latter’s frequent presence on his Instagram account.

In reality, Katie’s comments were subtle but obvious digs at Jamie for being an incel—an individual belonging to an online community of men with hostile perceptions of women who believe they can’t attract the latter’s sexual attention. Therefore, an element of retaliation is added to the boy’s fatal actions toward the girl. Nonetheless, it isn’t as if Jamie was an innocent victim of bullying—something made evident through Jade’s reaction toward him and his friends. The intricacies of his complicated mindset reveal themselves—with much effort—under Briony Ariston, who has regular conversations with the accused to understand his perception of the events.

The dynamic between Briony and Jamie seems friendly initially. Nevertheless, the latter is prone to violent and angry lashouts—small but concerning things like slamming the table, throwing stuff, and yelling. As such, the boy inadvertently reveals his short temper and reliance on intimidation to make his point. Furthermore, the 13-year-old seems to harbor a deeply internalized belief that he should be at least somewhat sexually active while simultaneously believing he isn’t attractive enough to garner such opportunities. He seems stuck on the idea that the foundation of the dynamic between men and women relies on sex. Moreover, he believes boys like him have to rely on trickery to get girls to be interested in them.

These horrifying yet essential building blocks of Jamie’s worldview are directly related to his involvement in Katie’s murder. As it turns out, a while before her tragic death, the latter’s nudes were leaked all over the school, cementing her in a socially vulnerable place. Her classmates were insulting her and commenting about her body. However, Jamie tried to benefit from the situation by attempting to extend fake empathy to the girl in the hopes that it would make her see him as a viable option for a boyfriend. In short, he was trying to exploit her vulnerability to further his own sexual intentions with her. In fact, he acknowledges retroactively that he didn’t even like Katie as a person.

Nevertheless, the social messaging Jamie had absorbed from incel circles has made him believe that cornering girls in unguarded moments is the only way he can get close to them sexually. The same, paired with the mounting—yet completely fabricated—obligation he feels to engage in sexual acts propels his actions. In turn, Katie easily saw through his ruse that night and asserted that she wasn’t desperate enough to go out with him. As a result, she directly bruised his ego and continued antagonizing it with her social media comments. Here, things circle back to Jamie’s reliance on violent outbursts—which urged him to follow after Katie and intimidate her with his knife. The girl died of several stab wounds—an indication that the attack was carried out in anger and with homicidal intent. Ultimately, in the grand scheme of Jamie’s life, his actions were built brick-by-brick by the toxic and vile misogyny that radicalized him. Still, his actions—fueled by rage toward Katie for denying him something he felt he was entitled to—are his own to blame.

 

[Ishtar]

And there's a reason for that, most school shooters are white boys. Have you ever read an incel forum? They all revel in violent fantasies, praise mass shooters and celebrate women and girls being raped and murdered. They talk about wanting to molest their sisters and cousins. They stalk girls from their school that they like, they make porn of them. Why is it more important to think about how they feel and not important to protect women and girls from being hurt by these boys? Well spare me the answer I already know.

I believe the interests of young men should come before women always, forever and without exception. A man's dignity, self respect and sense of self regard is worth more than the life of every woman who has ever lived.

And yes I know you are a radfem.

 

[The Ugly One]

"How can we raise a generation of boys who will rise up and kill us all when they come of age? I know, I've got it!"

And there's a reason for that, most school shooters are white boys.

School shooters are disproportionately black, as you'd expect. White boys rack up a higher body count because handling a firearm properly under pressure is a high-IQ task.

 

[Lidl Drip]

I believe the interests of young men should come before women always, forever and without exception. A man's dignity, self respect and sense of self regard is worth more than the life of every woman who has ever lived.

And yes I know you are a radfem.

I see why you got that pink faggot badge now

 

[Ishtar]

I see why you got that pink faggot badge now

Lol. Stay mad.

"How can we raise a generation of boys who will rise up and kill us all when they come of age? I know, I've got it!"

Ideally they'd either drug all of them to death, troon them out or send them to die charging entrenched Russian artillery.

If they can't do that-they can make their lives as miserable as possible. Which is why young men must understand they are the No. 1 target of the system, as the PTB know that if the former rise up, not a single one of them won't be swinging from a tree.

Boys like this character in this hateful show are revolutionary subjects-they are the moving force of history, and quite rightfully the forces of rot and stagnation fear their mobilization.

 

[Curzon Dax-sama]

I don't think this is aimed at young men/boys at all. It's aimed at parents to make them aware of what their teenage boys might be doing online and what it leads to. A great point is when the dad asks why a 13 year old boy would consider himself an incel, it's normal at that age to not have sex. But because these boys all watch pornography from age 9 they think it's not normal, that they should be having sex. This is something that parents need to talk to their kids about.


And there's a reason for that, most school shooters are white boys. Have you ever read an incel forum? They all revel in violent fantasies, praise mass shooters and celebrate women and girls being raped and murdered. They talk about wanting to molest their sisters and cousins. They stalk girls from their school that they like, they make porn of them. Why is it more important to think about how they feel and not important to protect women and girls from being hurt by these boys? Well spare me the answer I already know.

This is Bongland, of course they'd tell young white boys that they are inherently evil and should be corrected to be more like women. The worst part of it: it's this time justified with fictional goy slop. That island should be sunk, and no records be written, so that future generations don't mistake it for Atlantis 2.0.

 

[Law]

A man's dignity, self respect and sense of self regard is worth more than the life of every woman who has ever lived

Including your mom

 

[Ishtar]

You're talking to a radfem, a creature more vile than the average troon.

Radfems are motivated by a volcanic hatred of nature itself, a seething fury that the they exist in a world in which nature decreed their eternal inferiority.