Schools in England to Begin Teaching Anti-Misogyny Lessons

And now in lessons which are going to be taught in classrooms from today, children will learn how to deal with that sort of misogyny online under new guidance for schools in England. The updated curriculum warns against stigmatizing boys, but will include a focus on identifying positive role models for them whilst challenging myths

about women and relationships. >> The lessons will also introduce positive conceptions of femininity and masculinity. explore the impact of AI, deep fakes, and pornography and include discussions around consent. >> Well, we are joined by 15-year-old Josh Sergeant. Now, Josh, by his own admission, was once drawn into what people call the manosphere, by controversial influences like Andrew

Tate when he was just 12 years old. He's here alongside psychotherapist Will Aduli who talks openly about his own experiences of toxic online culture in order to help young boys. Very good morning to you both. Um Josh, you're very open about what happened just three years ago. So talk to us about what

12-year-old boys like you were back then see online. So, it really is an influx of this algorithm, a really pervasive algorithm bombarding these young boys and men uh with content that's pushing a specific standard. Uh a standard that these young men are told to fit into society. >> Um you need to, you know, look a certain

way. Um make a certain amount of money. Um, and that's a standard that's told that you have to conform to in order to be seen, validated, you know, find a relationship, which is really worrying. Um, but they offer a solution. Well, they call it a solution that they offer, uh, which is their communities and their