Startling ‘joke’ all of our kids are hearing

News.com.au - 17/04
Educators around the world are reporting that they are witnessing misogyny go “mainstream” to the point of casual rape jokes made by students in schools, and Australia is no exception to this.

Educators around the world are reporting that they are witnessing misogyny go “mainstream” to the point of casual rape jokes made by students in schools, and Australia is no exception to this.

Daniel Principe is a youth advocate and educator, who has spoken at more than 350 schools around Australia throughout his career.

“Every school I’ve ever been to, every group I have spoken to, acknowledges that they are all hearing rape jokes and rape threats,” he told news.com.au.

“And 100 per cent of hands are up when I ask that specific question.”

The Australian educator’s comments come off the back of a UK high school teacher and masculinity educator saying it “never fails” to shock him the kinds of things he hears in schools since misogyny has “gone mainstream”.

English teacher Matt Pinkett recalled one male student telling him that all women want to do is falsely accuse men of rape, so he may as well “rape in real life anyway”. He told The Guardian female students are being assigned a number rating their physical attractiveness, and students are ...
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