Warning that Adolescence may 'do more harm than good' if Stephen Graham Netflix show is shown to children

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'But the plan may have unintended consequences, warns Sophie King-Hill from the health services management centre at Birmingham University. She said: "Showing the series as a teaching tool risks framing boyhood as monolithic, with one particular – and problematic – way of being a boy."

And she points out that good though the drama is, it was not created as an educational resource or with the robust research, evaluation and consultation to be used as such in schools. The series gives an extreme and fictional portrait of one teenager drawn into the world of the manosphere, but Ms King-Hill stresses that not all boys will see themselves reflected in the Netflix portrayal.

"As a researcher working on masculinity and misogyny, my concern is that showing the series in schools may lead boys to think that they are all perceived as potential threats," she said.

"Showing the series as a teaching tool risks framing boyhood as monolithic, with one particular – and problematic – way of being a boy. Already, a broad-brush, blame-heavy approach is often taken to boys in response to issues relating to sexual harassment and violence."'