I love Adolescence, but culture must stop demonising young men

Article here. Excerpt:

'Yet while I applaud the quality of Philip Barantini’s drama, and the importance of the issues it explores, I can’t help but feel that this is another cultural work that demonises young boys. Jamie is an angry young man, and I don’t mean that in the artistic sense: he has been radicalised by online propaganda, become susceptible to the rise of incel culture, has had his view of women tainted by easy-to-access pornography. The boy, like so many 13-year-olds, is also crippled by a lack of self-esteem.

The columns I have read this week have been along the lines of “why every parent should watch Adolescence”; and yes, it does serve as an effective warning to protect and monitor your child. But we need to make something very clear: Jamie is no everyboy.'