Teachers in the UK are grappling with the impact controversial influencer Andrew Tate is having on the thoughts of teenage pupils, calling them ‘brainwashed’, according to a report from the Sunday Times.
The british newspaper reported that Tate, who is imprisoned in Romania for rape and sex trafficking, had a toxic effect on young boys who embraced his thoughts and teachers are compelled to address these views with their students.
To find out what students think, the report says a south London school brought together a group of around 30 14-year-olds to discuss Tate’s ideas. Questions like “Do we think [Tate] is still harmless? and “What happens when we get his letters?” they asked the students.
After the conversation turned into a debate about rape and whether women were responsible for being sexually assaulted, which is a view shared by Tate and about 10 of the students, a teacher asked the students how they would feel if one of their family members was a victim of rape.
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Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate poses for a head shot.
(Andrew Tate – @cobratate/Twitter)
“At that point 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 would be to blame,” the teacher said. anonymously, told The Times.
Tate, who describes himself as a misogynist, has a massive following on social media, made up mostly of young men. Videos of him claiming that women “belong in the kitchen” and should be controlled by men have been widely shared on TikTok and other social media platforms.
Sophie Whitehead – who works at the School of Sexuality Education, which offers workshops on consent – called his rhetoric “violent” and said it “affected so many young people”.
“It’s a version of radicalization as far as I’m concerned,” Whitehead said.
The Times reported that teachers in south London classrooms tried to explain that misogynistic and rhetorical jokes can escalate into serious crimes like sexual harassment and rape.
Jay Jordan, a teacher from Dundee in Scotland, told The Times that recent interest in Tate’s influence is evident among his pupils and “it’s worrying”.
“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, adding that one of her students said she was “just a woman”. after she scolded him.
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Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are escorted by police officers outside the Bucharest Organized Crime and Terrorism Investigation Directorate (DIICOT) headquarters after being detained for 24 hours, in Bucharest, Romania, December 2, 2019. 29, 2022.
(Reuters)
An anonymous teacher in England told The Times she had students told they weren’t studying for exams because they could “get rich on the internet” like Andrew Tate.
Gohar Khan, director of ethos at the Ridgway Education Trust, said: “Every school should tackle the Tate problem.” Khan said the trust, which runs three state schools in Oxfordshire, taught lessons about Tate’s journey to infamy.
In the lessons, they reportedly discussed “why Tate made headlines recently, for his arrest in Romania on human trafficking and rape charges.”
Tate, 36 years old former kickboxer and reality TV star, He is estimated to be worth up to $100 million. He rose to fame as a contestant on the UK version of “Big Brother” in 2016.
He was kicked off the game show after a video emerged of him appearing to attack a woman. The BBC reported that they claimed the video had been edited and that it was a “total lie” trying to make it look bad.
In 2017, Tate was kicked off Twitter for saying women should “take responsibility” for being sexually assaulted. His outlandish comments about women, their intelligence and their work ethic drew a lot of attention to him, creating a firestorm on social media.
People walk past the Bucharest court where a judge extended the initial 24-hour detention period, for Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, to 30 days in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Dec. 21, 2019. 30, 2022.
(AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre)
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In December, Tate, her brother and two other men were arrested in Romania for allegedly leading a criminal organization that lured women and detained them for sexual exploitation.
Romanian authorities raided his properties and discovered that Tate and his brother allegedly exploited six women who were virtually held as prisoners in some of his 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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