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Misogyny in schools is a growing concern. Walk into any staff room in the UK today, and a pattern is emerging. Teachers report boys in Year 9 repeating harmful online narratives and girls in Year 10 facing everyday sexist language. These behaviours are not isolated incidents. They reflect a wider shift in attitudes among school-aged boys, shaped by online influence and peer culture.
The impact does not stop in the classroom. These attitudes develop over time and carry through to university and into the workplace. The rise of misogyny in schools is no longer just a behaviour issue. It is a growing pipeline that, if left unchallenged, will shape future workplace culture.
The Andrew Tate Pipeline: From Schools to the Office
Andrew Tate is not a fringe figure. He is a phenomenon. With billions of views across social media, the former kickboxer has built an empire on a simple formula: flashy cars, aggressive posturing and a doctrine that frames women as deceitful and inferior.
A 2026 poll found that 8 in 10 boys aged 16 to 17 had consumed his content, and 45% of young men hold a positive view of him. For adolescent boys starved of purpose or role models, this is potent fuel. Ofsted acknowledged in 2021 that sexual harassment and online sexual abuse have become ‘normalised’ for children and young people. Current research shows that more than a third (37%) of female students at mixed sex secondary schools have already experienced some form of sexual harassment at school. That is not a statistic. It is a daily reality.
What makes Tate so effective is his emotional intelligence, twisted though it may be. He speaks directly to the anxieties of young men: loneliness, financial insecurity, fear of rejection. He tells them that feminism has stolen their future. He offers them an enemy, women, and a solution, dominance. Schools are left holding the pieces. Teachers report boys using phrases like “your body, my choice” as a joke. Girls report being groped in corridors while staff look the other way. This is the landscape of tackling misogyny in schools today.
What Boys Are Learning, What Girls Are Experiencing: The Face of Misogyny in Schools
The immediate damage is obvious. A survey found that 64% of teachers in mixed-sex secondary schools hear sexist language weekly, and 32% witness sexual harassment directly. Girls are withdrawing from class, avoiding certain routes through school and reporting higher rates of anxiety and disengagement. But the hidden curriculum is more insidious. Boys are learning that aggression earns respect. They are learning that empathy is a weakness. They are learning that a woman’s worth is measured by her obedience and appearance. These lessons do not stay in the playground. They travel home. They travel to the university. And eventually, they travel to work.
Consider the long-term effects. A seventeen-year-old who has internalised Tate’s worldview does not suddenly reset at graduation. He becomes the junior hire who interrupts female colleagues in meetings. He becomes the middle manager who promotes men over women because they “fit the culture better”. He becomes the senior leader who dismisses sexual harassment claims as “banter”. Tackling misogyny in schools is therefore not a niche concern for safeguarding teams. It is a strategic imperative for any organisation that employs people.
From Playground to Boardroom: The Lasting Cost of Misogyny in Schools
The workplace consequences are already visible. Women entering industries such as finance, engineering and technology report a steady erosion of respect. Microaggressions accumulate. Promotion rates stall. Imposter syndrome, which our Women in Leadership course addresses directly, is not a natural flaw in female professionals. It is a predictable response to environments that systematically undermine their authority. When boys are raised to believe that female leadership is illegitimate, they grow into men who make those leadership roles almost impossible to hold.
For men, the damage is different but equally real. A young man raised on Tate’s scripts enters the workplace without the skills for collaboration, emotional regulation or healthy conflict resolution. He struggles to take feedback from female supervisors. He alienates colleagues. He may even face disciplinary action or dismissal. The tragedy is that he had failed long before his first job application. No compliance training will fix what should have been taught in Year 9.
A Preventative Cure: Tackling Misogyny in Schools Head On
This is where targeted intervention becomes essential. The course “Tackling Misogyny and the Andrew Tate Phenomenon” offers a practical blueprint for schools. It does not waste time on abstract theory. It equips teachers with a toolkit of questions and responses for the moment a boy parrots Tate in a lesson.
- How do you dismantle INCEL culture without alienating the vulnerable boys who have been seduced by it?
- What do you say when a student announces that women belong at home?
To understand what educators are up against, consider the actual words coming from Tate’s mouth:
- “Depression isn’t real.”
- “Rape victims must bear responsibility for their attacks.”
- “I will state right now that I am absolutely sexist. I am absolutely a misogynist. There is no way you can be rooted in reality and not be sexist.”
Crucially, the programme addresses root causes. It explores toxic masculinity not as a slogan but as a set of identifiable behaviours: emotional suppression, compulsive competition, and hostility to vulnerability. It helps teachers understand what makes Tate appealing: the promise of control, the spectacle of wealth, the illusion of certainty. And it gives them structured methods for discussion that do not shame boys but redirect them toward healthier models of masculinity.
Here is what the course will teach you, step by step:
- Understand who Andrew Tate is, what Male Rights Activists believe, and how INCEL culture operates.
- Recognise the root causes of misogyny in adolescent boys: insecurity, fear, anger, and peer influence.
- Learn a clear definition of sexual harassment in schools, from verbal taunts to physical violations.
- Build a practical toolkit of scripted responses and questions to use when a student repeats Tate’s rhetoric.
- Know how to respond to misogyny and sexism when it occurs, including pupil-on-pupil and pupil-on-staff incidents.
- Apply discussion techniques that redirect boys without shaming them, turning confrontation into education.
- Develop a clear policy framework that protects both students and staff and ensures leadership support.
How Early Intervention Changes Misogyny in Schools
When schools commit to tackling misogyny in schools, they are not just protecting their current students. They are shaping the future workforce. A boy who learns to respect female classmates will one day respect female bosses. A girl who is not harassed in the corridor is a girl who will walk into a negotiation with confidence. The Women in Leadership course exists precisely because so many talented women have been held back by environments that never challenged misogyny at its source. Every pound spent on prevention saves ten pounds in later litigation, turnover and lost productivity.
The agenda is clear. Schools need policies that name misogyny explicitly. They need training that moves beyond box-ticking. They need the courage to discuss INCEL culture, male rights activism and the algorithms that push boys toward extremism. And they need to start now. The boys who discovered Tate at fourteen will be applying for jobs in three years. We can either meet them with a culture that has already corrected course, or we can watch the cycle repeat.
For Consideration
Misogyny in schools is not a moral panic. It is a measurable, growing threat with measurable, growing consequences. The good news is that we know what works. Direct intervention, honest conversation and consistent boundaries have been shown to reverse these attitudes.
They are the minimum standard of care for a generation at risk. The solution starts with taking the course. Teachers, school heads and charities must act together. Because the alternative, a workplace poisoned by the legacy of Andrew Tate, is not a future any of us can afford.