Schooling Misogyny

Exposing and Eliminating the Influence of the Manosphere in Education Settings
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-04870-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book confronts an escalating crisis unfolding in Australian schools: the influence of manosphere-aggravated misogyny and the everyday gendered violences it produces. Drawing on interviews and testimonies from over 130 teachers, it examines the legacy of the profound harms caused by Andrew Tate, and the ways that other manosphere groups and ideologies are shaping boys’ attitudes and behaviour towards women in schools.

The book argues that manosphere ideologies, amplified by powerful platform algorithms and galvanised by wider political shifts towards far-right populism and grievance-based politics, are contributing to misogynist radicalisation, increasingly surfacing in classrooms in boys' hostility toward gender equality, profound sexist behaviours, and strengthened commitments to the idea of 'male supremacy'. Part One maps this terrain, centering teachers' accounts that show how misogynistic narratives take hold, how they reanimate long-standing patterns of sexism in schools, and how institutions themselves often minimise or dismiss women educators’ experiences. Part Two turns to solutions, offering practical, research-informed guidance for teachers, leaders and policymakers seeking to build safer school environments and enable effective violence prevention work to take place. It provides strategies for whole-school change along with complementary pedagogical tools, while grappling with the structural barriers that hinder progress towards just outcomes.

Accessible yet deeply grounded in data and theoretical analysis, Schooling Misogyny is both a diagnosis and a call to action—an essential resource for anyone committed to addressing and preventing gender-based violence and creating more transformative educational futures.

Zielgruppe

Parents, Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wescott, Stephanie

Roberts, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung Konflikte, Gewalt, Mobbing: Prävention und Bewältigung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Increasing levels of misogyny and sexism in Australian schools

Chapter One: Misogyny and institutional misogyny in schools

Chapter Two: The convergence of corrosive conditions that re-animate misogyny

Chapter Three: The ‘manfluencers’ come to school

Chapter Four: Examining the school as institution: The practice of institutional

gaslighting

Part Two: Prevention work in schools: Practical and applied approaches to

responding to manosphere harms

Chapter Five: Education as primary prevention work: Implementing Respectful Relationships Education

Chapter Six: Practice tools for violence prevention

Chapter Seven: For the eradication of gendered harms in schools and education settings

Über Autor(innen)

Stephanie Wescott PhD. is Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia. Her research examines misogyny and gender-based violence in school settings. In particular, she is interested in the relationship between manosphere ideologies and people’s experiences of violence in schools.

Steven Roberts is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Australia. He has published widely in the area of critical masculinities studies, including on risky drinking; sexting; the manosphere; computer gaming; emotionality; violence; domestic labour; paid care work.