![]() Even students who may not directly engage in these conversations still often laugh along with the “jokes” or use images of Tate in presentations to get a laugh from their peers. We’ve also heard boys echo Tate’s claims that women who are sexually assaulted are “asking for it” because of what they wear and that “some women dress like hookers”. Recently one of our more reserved students approached one of us at the end of a lesson, without prompting, and confidently asked: “Do you think a woman still has the right to say ‘my body my choice’ after she’s had two previous abortions?” He seemed very sure that having an abortion means she “loses that right” and also the “right to claim motherhood”. Andrew Tate (Image: Supplied / Tina Tiller) This obsession is even influencing our most unlikely students – and it’s making itself apparent not only in their own interactions, but also how they treat female members of staff. Our students have quickly become unhealthily obsessed with him and the violent views he puts out into the world. His name has become our school’s own pandemic that we currently have no treatment for, let alone an effective cure.Īs The Spinoff explained earlier this week, Tate is a hugely popular online influencer who has made a career out of brutal misogyny. In the last few weeks we have noticed an increasing addiction to Andrew Tate among our students, especially our juniors aged 12-14. ![]() We are two young female educators who work at an all-boys secondary school in New Zealand. The internet personality’s ugly misogyny is a new pandemic infecting schools across the country, write two young teachers.
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