Aug 1, 2025 03:32 AM
Young men are offered £1,000 signing bonus to work in nurseries in bid to battle toxic masculinity crisis
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INTRO: Labour will be offering men £1,000 to join nurseries and act as 'role models' for young children in an effort to battle Britain's toxic masculinity crisis in schools. Fathers are among those being encouraged to take on the new role as part of a major drive to bolster early years education.
It comes amid fears a 'tsunami' of boys are becoming misogynists, with an increasing 'pool of rage' now seething among youngsters lacking strong male role models. In a bleak assessment of the nation's youth, educators say classes are increasingly being threatened by boys with 'toxic' views on women, sex and relationships.
The government hopes that by diversifying nursery education and hiring more male staff, it could ultimately help to stop such toxic behaviour from ever developing. According to the Department for Education (DfE), three workers out of every 100 in the early years sector are men.
Stephen Morgan, education minister, said he wanted to drive this number up to make sure nurseries 'reflect the community they serve'.
Speaking to the Daily Mail from a nursery in Soho, London, he said: 'My message is really clear: men can make a real difference to children at the start of the lives. It's good for giving children new perspective and challenging harmful gender stereotypes early. We see real value in positive male role models in nurseries.'
The move comes amid heightened concern over the impact influencers like self-confessed misogynist Andrew Tate are having on young boys and teens. Educators have previously warned that boys are openly rebelling against female teachers in classrooms, with some shouting sexist slurs while others are allegedly sexually assaulting staff.
Boys as young as eight are regularly watching hardcore porn that teaches them to 'dehumanise women' and normalises performing degrading sex acts on them, teaching leaders have said.
'I worked with a boy who said to me "Sir, do you really have to choke a woman for sex?"... It makes my blood run cold,' one former teacher told the Mail... (MORE - details)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...inity.html
INTRO: Labour will be offering men £1,000 to join nurseries and act as 'role models' for young children in an effort to battle Britain's toxic masculinity crisis in schools. Fathers are among those being encouraged to take on the new role as part of a major drive to bolster early years education.
It comes amid fears a 'tsunami' of boys are becoming misogynists, with an increasing 'pool of rage' now seething among youngsters lacking strong male role models. In a bleak assessment of the nation's youth, educators say classes are increasingly being threatened by boys with 'toxic' views on women, sex and relationships.
The government hopes that by diversifying nursery education and hiring more male staff, it could ultimately help to stop such toxic behaviour from ever developing. According to the Department for Education (DfE), three workers out of every 100 in the early years sector are men.
Stephen Morgan, education minister, said he wanted to drive this number up to make sure nurseries 'reflect the community they serve'.
Speaking to the Daily Mail from a nursery in Soho, London, he said: 'My message is really clear: men can make a real difference to children at the start of the lives. It's good for giving children new perspective and challenging harmful gender stereotypes early. We see real value in positive male role models in nurseries.'
The move comes amid heightened concern over the impact influencers like self-confessed misogynist Andrew Tate are having on young boys and teens. Educators have previously warned that boys are openly rebelling against female teachers in classrooms, with some shouting sexist slurs while others are allegedly sexually assaulting staff.
Boys as young as eight are regularly watching hardcore porn that teaches them to 'dehumanise women' and normalises performing degrading sex acts on them, teaching leaders have said.
'I worked with a boy who said to me "Sir, do you really have to choke a woman for sex?"... It makes my blood run cold,' one former teacher told the Mail... (MORE - details)