https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20241209/crece-violencia-machista-entornos-escolares/16364783.shtml
I want to share an article that reports an increase of gender violence in schools, in relation of the last blog I wrote about the male gaze. The article explains that these attitudes may be increased because of the early acces a lot of kids have to pornography and the lack of sexual education they receive. The writer says that "violence is getting normalized" among students, and blames the digital era among other reasons.
It is striking how sexist attitudes are often trivialized in the classroom, treated in a superficial manner. Speaking personally, I also believe this is a real issue. Especially because the perpetrators have turned these controversies into a political matter. Let me explain: all teenagers need figures to admire, people they can identify with and who make them feel like part of a group, and Heterosexual men have historically been the most privileged group when it comes to human rights. All social stereotypes have been created to satisfy their needs. And that’s why they are terrified of change. Being the most privileged class means being the one that has suffered the least, the one that has always had control. But now, it's clear that many other realities have emerged to defend their own rights. Feminist and queer movements are stronger and more representative than ever before, and they’re no longer just a myth, they’re reflected in political discourse. That’s why so many men feel fragile and resist change. They say things like "you can’t do anything anymore," "you can't make sexist or homophobic jokes," and that "people are too sensitive now." For them, the fact that human rights are being discussed and that people different from them are being made visible feels like an attack on their supposed dominance. This is why more traditional political stances adopt an anti-change, anti-‘woke’ narrative: because they perceive it as a constant threat to their rights, and they are afraid. And because they’re afraid, they band together and look for enemies, just like any in-group would. This is why far-right rhetoric is so dangerous and spreads so quickly among young men. Now they see as enemies or threats all those groups they could once mock without consequences. Now that kind of violence is punished, and that frustrates them even more, so much so that they turn it into a matter of hate. A personal issue, meant to protect their self-esteem. This is where the misogynistic ‘incel’ movement comes from, which now finds many representatives in the classroom. The term arises from the frustration of men who are unable to have sexual relationships with women and who, in order to cope with that frustration, decide to hate them. They blame women and the new times for the rejection they feel simply for being heterosexual men. It’s dangerous. These are narratives that spread very quickly online, reaching very young audiences who are just beginning to identify their desires and frustrations and who end up connecting with others through violent and misogynistic ideologies.
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