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Our ongoing research has found sexism, sexual harassment and misogyny are rife in Australian schools. The federal government needs to lead a national campaign against this.
Sometimes it’s easy to point to figures like Andrew Tate and assume they are the problem. But they are more likely a symptom of it.
Since February, researchers have been surveying South Australian teachers about sexist views among their students.
We have found that young people have a straightforward desire for authentic and healthy relationships.
Host Vinita Srivastava explores why racist, homophobic and sexist attitudes are increasingly showing up in school-age boys – and what we can do about it.
A new wave of research shows how working-class young men are changing their behaviour. But some remain hostile to the term “toxic masculinity” and see it as a vehicle for shaming men.
In focussing on individual “deviancy”, we fail to make the connection between misogyny and wider social problems, like pornography.
There seems to be a vacuum for these influencers to fill.
The manosphere may not strictly be centred on misogyny, but in young men’s search for connection, truth, control, and community at a time where all are increasingly uncertain and ill-defined.
The tools for reach and influence that the internet provides might be unprecedented. But people like Tate are simply pedalling the age-old sexist views that fuel gendered violence.
Those who feel disenfranchised from mainstream leaders are vulnerable to falling for the promises of online ‘leaders’ and ‘alt-moral entrepreneurs’.
Andrew Tate’s content offers a toxic blend of self-improvement and male supremacism.
Online personalities like Andrew Tate are using social media to amplify their misogynist and anti-woman rhetoric. Social media companies deplatforming them can cut them off from followers and revenue.
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Surrey
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PhD Candidate in Criminal Law & Criminology; Lecturer of Criminology, University of Chester, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, Birmingham City University
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Associate Professor in Cybercrime and Gender, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer in Communication and Applied Linguistics, University of Portsmouth
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Network on Technology, Work, and Family, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Co-director, Curtin Extremism Research Network, Curtin University
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Assistant Research Professor, Morgan State University
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Research assistant, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and Director (Interim) of the Transitional Year Programme, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, Education, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Samantha Schulz is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Science, University of Bedfordshire
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Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
