Manosphere Influencers Fuel Student Disengagement and Open Hostility Toward Teacher Authority

Summary

Teachers report male students quoting influencers like Andrew Tate and repeating manosphere language to justify refusing instructions from female staff, while complying with male teachers—behavior now documented even in children as young as six. These commercially-motivated online figures are indoctrinating boys to reject the 'woke' school system, skip class, and dismiss education entirely, creating severe classroom disruptions, misogyny, and disengagement. Schools have no effective counter-messaging, curriculum, or support systems to reverse this external influence, leaving teachers powerless and girls/non-binary students afraid to participate.