New school guidance aims to help boys ‘find positive role models' amid misogyny spike
The updated Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) framework will help boys find positive role models and address topics such as AI, deepfakes, and the link between pornography and misogyny.
The Department for Education warned of the "epidemic scale" of misogynistic attitudes among young people, with 54 per cent having witnessed misogynist comments.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson stressed the importance of equipping children to defy online manipulation and fostering healthy attitudes from a young age.
The guidance, which also includes mental health support and suicide prevention, can be implemented by schools from September this year and must be followed from September 2026.
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