'Misogyny, racism and hatred': Survey reveals 'appalling' effect of Andrew Tate on school boys

A recent survey has revealed that social media personalities, including Andrew Tate, have a questionable impact on teenage boys and young children in school. As per the survey by teachers’ union NASUWT, as many s 59 per cent of teachers said that social media negatively impacts students' behaviour. In the poll, of more than 5,800 NASUWT members in the UK in January, teachers shared surprising incidents of bad behaviour of children inspired by Tate. 

"In a secondary English class last year, a group of boys opted, despite discouragement, to write a persuasive essay on why Andrew Tate is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) which included praise of his view that women are a man's property (...) all of the parents were contacted and were appalled," a teacher said in the survery, The Mirror re[ported. 

The survey said the issue affects primarily the female staff in the schools.  According to the research, female teachers are more likely to regularly receive verbal abuse than male staff, with 27.3% of female teachers reporting verbal abuse several times a week and 14.3% reporting it daily, versus 20.4% and 9.8% of male teachers, the agency reported. 

Multiple teachers claimed that toxic influencers such as Tate have primarily spoiled the behaviour of male students, as young as 10 years old. 

Speaking about Tate’s influence in the classroom, one teacher told the survey: “I have had boys refuse to speak to me and speak to a male teaching assistant instead because I am a woman and they follow Andrew Tate and think he is amazing with all his cars and women and how women should be treated. These were 10-year-olds," The Mirror reported. 

"We had some incidents in school with derogatory language towards female staff (e.g. boys barking at female staff and blocking doorways so they couldn't leave the classroom), as a direct result of Andrew Tate videos," another teacher said in the survey.