According to a report, teachers in the UK are developing lesson plans to re-educate teenagers who were brainwashed by misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate.
Tate, who is locked up in a romanian prison accused of rape and sex trafficking, had a toxic effect on teenagers who embraced his hateful ideology, forcing teachers to express his views to their students, according to The Sunday Times.
A south London school gave a presentation to a group of 14-year-olds after teachers grew concerned about the expression of pupils’ ideas they had learned from Tate, a self-described misogynist who amassed a massive following composed mainly of young men on social networks. .
The group of around 30 students were reportedly questioned on questions such as “Do we think he [Tate] is still harmless? and “What happens when we take his messages?”
The conversation quickly turned into a rape debate, with about a dozen students claiming that women were responsible for their sexual assaults – one point of view. spread by Tate.
The teacher then asked the students how they would feel if one of their family members was a victim of rape.
“At that time, a lot of the boys changed their tone when I put their mom or sister in that spot, but it was worrying that a few hard core kids didn’t and still said they’d be at blame,” said the teacher, who spoke. anonymously, told The Times.
The 36-year-old former kickboxer and reality TV star could be worth up to $100million and has become hugely popular as a hyper-masculine life guruposting videos online advising men to treat women like commodities.
He also brags about his wealth and shares his “secrets” of success — for a price.
In his widely shared videos on TikTok and other platforms, he argues that women belong in “the kitchen” and should be controlled by men through violence.
Sophie Whitehead – who works at the School of Sexuality Education, which offers workshops on consent – called his rhetoric ‘violent’ and said it had ‘affected so many young people’.
“It’s a version of radicalization as far as I’m concerned,” said Sophie Whitehead, who works at the School of Sex Education, which offers workshops on consent.
In classrooms across south London, teachers tried to explain to their pupils that misogynistic jokes and rhetoric can escalate into serious crimes such as sexual harassment and rape, the outlet reported.
Jay Jordan, a teacher from Dundee in Scotland, told The Times that recent interest in Tate’s influence was evident among his pupils.
“Before you had to deal with sexist stuff, but now it’s explicitly linked to Andrew Tate – the boys can’t stop talking about him,” she said.
Jordan recalled that after scolding one of his students, he replied that she was “just a woman”.
“We’ve definitely backed off and that’s worrying,” she said.
A teacher at another British school told the newspaper that some students had neglected to study for their final exams, saying: “I can get rich on the internet, that’s what Andrew Tate did.”
The Ridgway Education Trust, which runs three state schools in Oxfordshire, taught lessons about Tate’s rise to prominence.
“Every school should tackle the Tate problem,” said Gohar Khan, director of ethics at the trust. “Until last year I was hesitant to give it airtime, but then students and staff came up to me and said, ‘Why aren’t we talking about it? “”
In the classes, Khan said they were discussing “why Tate made headlines recently, for his arrest in Romania on human trafficking and rape charges.”
“Our students are hearing all of this and I think they need to hear it from what I think are reliable sources,” he added.
Tate’s first rise to the limelight came when he appeared as a contestant on the UK version of “Big Brother” in 2016.
He was kicked off the show after a video of him emerged allegedly assaulted a woman. Tate claimed the video was edited and “a total lie trying to make me look bad”, as reported by BBC.
In 2017, at the height of the Harvey Weinstein allegations, Tate was kicked off Twitter for saying women should ‘take responsibility’ for being sexually assaulted.
Tate’s popularity skyrocketed with weird comments on women’s intelligence, calling them “inherently lazy”, and is a strong believer that men should have “authority” over a woman when in a relationship.
Last month, Tate and her brother, Tristan, along with two other men, were arrested in Romanian for allegedly run a criminal organization that attracted women and retained them for sexual exploitation.
Romanian authorities raided his properties and discovered that Tate and his brother allegedly exploited six women who were virtually detained in some of its luxury properties. He was sentenced to be detained for 30 days in a Romanian prison on December 2. 30 while the investigation continues.
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