Female teachers across Australia are exposing a disturbing trend of toxic behaviour emerging in male students.
The research, authored by Dr Stephanie Wescott and Professor Steven Roberts explores the power of “manfluencers” like Andrew Tate creeping into classrooms and changing the way boys interact with their female teachers and peers.
She said she witnessed “targeted, weaponized language used to antagonise women” that worsened after the Covid pandemic when students became immersed in online worlds.“We’re seeing a lot of female teachers and female education support staff saying they’re experiencing a lot of really underhanded psychological manipulations from male students in classrooms,” she said.
The federal government has announced a trial to combat toxic masculinity in schools. Picture: Kelly Barnes
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