UK: Boys to be taught to respect women and girls as part of curriculum

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'All boys will be taught how to respect women and girls as part of the school curriculum under government plans to “deploy the full power of the state” to crack down on male violence and misogyny.

Teachers will give lessons on how children should challenge misogynistic comments and behaviour and to promote “healthy relationships”, The Times has been told.

Official government advice will also help teachers and parents to spot signs that children are being radicalised by online misogynists such as Andrew Tate and how they can intervene early.

A Home Office source insisted that ministers had taken time to make the final strategy “as ambitious and bold as possible — to fight the tide of violence, stop abuse and protect victims.”

They added: “Put together, the strategy will deploy the full power of the state to introduce the largest crackdown to stop violence perpetrated against women and girls in British history.”

Prevention will target the behaviour and attitudes of young men in order to stop the root causes of radicalisation in their “schools, homes and online”, a government source said.

An internal Home Office report last year concluded that an online “manosphere” is helping to fuel extreme misogyny and needs to be stopped in its tracks through official government policy.

The violence against women and girls strategy will aim to fix this “patchwork” of practices in schools by providing nationwide statutory guidance to schools, teachers and parents so it becomes a routine part of the curriculum.

It is also understood that schools will be required to introduce a new peer mentoring scheme that will train boys to support classmates in challenging unacceptable attitudes and behaviour.'