There is almost certainly a reason why boys in Liverpool are refusing to speak to female teachers, and it has nothing to do with Andrew Tate.
One motion that is set to be debated at the conference calls on the union’s executive to work with teachers “to assess the risk that far-right and populist movements pose to young people”.
Andrew Tate was referenced by a number of teachers who took part in the survey, who said he had negative influence on male pupils. One teacher said she’d had 10-year-old boys “refuse to speak to [her]…because [she is] a woman”.
Another teacher said “the Andrew Tate phenomena had a huge impact on how [pupils at an all-boys school] interacted with females and males they did not see as ‘masculine'”.
The second-most-common language in Liverpool is Arabic. The second-most-common religion in Liverpool is Islam.
It’s really remarkable to observe what lengths the media will go to in order to conceal the real roots of social problems.