Boys will be steered away from ‘toxic’ misogynistic influencers under a new £20million scheme.
As part of the Government’s violence against women and girls strategy, teachers will receive specialist training on how to talk to pupils about issues such as sexual consent and the dangers of sharing intimate images under the strategy.
All secondary schools in England will be required to teach students about healthy and respectful relationships, with every child getting access to schemes by the end of this Parliament, a Home Office spokesman said.
It comes as research shows four out of ten young men hold a positive view of sexist commentators such as Andrew Tate.
A separate measure in the strategy, unveiled by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood today, will see convicted sex offenders forced to disclose their use of dating apps and social media to the police in a bid to cut re-offending. Those who fail to comply face up to five years in jail.
Research shows four out of ten young men hold a positive view of sexist commentators such as Andrew Tate, pictured outside the Bucharest Tribunal in Romania
If police believe an offender’s online activity puts them at a heightened risk of re-offending, they can seek a sexual harm prevention order to restrict their internet activity.
Sex criminals could also be required to preserve their internet history to prove they are complying. The Home Secretary said: ‘This Government has declared violence against women and girls a national emergency.
‘For too long, these crimes have been considered a fact of life. That’s not good enough. We will halve it in a decade.’
