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But ideological versions of feminism are analogous to a particular kind of religion (which has a history that goes back not centuries but millennia). I refer to fundamentalism, which relies on a profoundly dualistic vision of the world: one in which “we” are perpetually victimized and “they” are perpetually “privileged.” All of history is therefore a titanic war between “us” and “them,” one that will end ultimately with “our” victory (reward) and “their” defeat (punishment).

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'But the plan may have unintended consequences, warns Sophie King-Hill from the health services management centre at Birmingham University. She said: "Showing the series as a teaching tool risks framing boyhood as monolithic, with one particular – and problematic – way of being a boy."

And she points out that good though the drama is, it was not created as an educational resource or with the robust research, evaluation and consultation to be used as such in schools. The series gives an extreme and fictional portrait of one teenager drawn into the world of the manosphere, but Ms King-Hill stresses that not all boys will see themselves reflected in the Netflix portrayal.

"As a researcher working on masculinity and misogyny, my concern is that showing the series in schools may lead boys to think that they are all perceived as potential threats," she said.

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'What on earth has got into our ruling class these past two weeks? We’ve had the Prime Minister ordering every secondary school in the land to show its pupils Adolescence. We’ve had Newsnight asking teenage boys when they last cried. And we’ve had anti-terror police telling the nation’s parents to report their sons to Prevent if they catch them watching “misogynist videos online”. Listening to these people’s ever more hysterical raving, you’d think that the single greatest threat facing our country was “toxic masculinity”.

It isn’t, of course. But then, that’s the very reason why middle-class liberals are so eagerly stoking this moral panic. They want us to talk about fashionable Netflix dramas, “incels” and Andrew Tate in order to stop us talking about certain problems that are far worse.

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'‘The Family Court system is in enormous trouble.’ That is a momentous statement given that the speaker, Adelaide barrister Stuart Lindsay, is a former Family Court judge. But there’s much more… This experienced insider blames the parlous state of this vital institution on a campaign led by the Labor Party to ‘promote a particular pronounced feminist ideology in the Family Law Act’.

Lindsay spent ten years, from 2004-14, working as a judge in the Federal Circuit Court dealing mainly with family court matters. He’s now back working as special counsel for a local firm on the coalface of a system he sees as being in dire straits.

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'Feminism was never a benevolent movement that simply lost its way. It was, from the beginning, an ideology of resentment. It tells women they must view men with suspicion. That they should never be vulnerable, never sacrifice, never trust. By equating success with male-dominated spheres, it wires women to view any trade-off as a loss and at every turn, resentfully ask, “Why should I, and not him?”

This ideology has profoundly shaped the way women approach relationships. They are told to “love themselves before they can love someone else.” That they should spend years alone, single, working on self-acceptance. But how does that work in practice? If a woman is overweight, does standing naked in front of a mirror and repeating “I love myself” change anything? Rarely, because there are inherent truths and knowledge. And denying that things can be better or worse is a postmodernist fantasy.

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'A female Google executive stopped male colleagues working on key projects and denied them promotions, a new discrimination lawsuit has sensationally claimed.

Managing Director of Sales Marta Martinez has been accused of sexism and making her male co-worker's lives miserable by Marco Meier, who worked for the Google advertising team for nearly 13 years before he was fired last year.

The former German pro basketball player claimed he had a promising career with the company but was let go after complaining about gender discrimination from Martinez.

In a bombshell federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York last week, Meier claimed Martinez subjected male employees to a 'relentless campaign' of hostility and discrimination.'

'[Meier] and all male team leaders in Martinez’s department endured a relentless campaign of hostile and disparate treatment, severe harassment, and discrimination based upon gender,' the lawsuit claimed.

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'Oregon laws that forbid genital cutting of girls but stay silent on male circumcision must be expanded to equally protect all children, a new lawsuit asserts.

A father and son who were circumcised at birth decades apart, as well as two brothers whose foreskins were cut off as babies, filed the lawsuit against the state of Oregon on Thursday in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

“It is quite barbaric and strange that we in America cut non-consenting children at a very early age without any medical necessity,” said Lake Perriguey, a civil rights attorney well known for fighting to overturn Oregon’s ban on gay marriage a decade ago.'

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'A custody battle is brewing in Tennessee—not between parents—but in the law itself.

For years, state law has leaned heavily toward mothers in custody cases. But a new bill at the state capitol could change the starting point for custody battles, giving both parents an equal shot at raising their children.

House Bill 1131, sponsored by State Representative Antonio Parkinson (D-Memphis), proposes that judges begin every child custody case with the presumption of 50/50 parenting time, unless there’s evidence suggesting otherwise.

“We want Tennessee to recognize the fact that it is in the best interests of the child to have both parents in the child’s life,” Parkinson told FOX13 in an interview.

Right now, Tennessee law often defaults to awarding mothers full custody—leaving many fathers with limited visitation, even if they’re listed on the birth certificate.

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'The rehabilitation of female inmates in North Dakota took a large step forward Wednesday as state officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the first prison in state history designed to house women.

The new Heart River Correctional Center in Mandan will be more than 191,500 square feet and includes space for 304 beds. The project is expected to cost $166.8 million and be complete in fall of 2027.

Gov. Kelly Armstong and other state officials joined Colby Braun, director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and Warden Connie Hackman Rivinius for an event that included women who are in custody.

“Today, we take another step toward a justice system that not only ensures public safety, but also provides opportunities for rehabilitation and second chances,” Hackman Rivinius said. “This project represents more than just walls and infrastructure. It symbolizes the commitment to dignity, safety and the possibility of change.”'

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'Schools, particularly in Western countries, have become increasingly hostile to traditional expressions of masculinity. Boys are expected to behave like girls — to sit still, be passive and suppress their natural instincts.

The education system is tailored to female learning styles, with an emphasis on verbal skills over hands-on learning, group discussion over competition, and compliance over independence. If a boy struggles in this environment, he isn’t given alternative avenues to succeed. Instead, he tends to be medicated, disciplined or labeled as having a behavioral disorder.'

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'Employers must create work environments that celebrate both ends of the masculine and feminine energy spectrum.

While Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used US podcaster Josh Rogan's platform to call for more masculine energy in the workplace, our planet was literally on fire, thanks in part to the ego-driven thinking popularised through toxic masculinity.

When you Google the most powerful CEOs, Zuckerberg’s name is often accompanied by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. It’s no coincidence that each of them was present during Donald Trump’s second inauguration and subsequently have announced the dismantling of ESG and DEI initiatives across their companies.

These powerful men are standing by while our planet is faced with existential crises surrounding climate change, extreme economic disparity and global conflicts that have all arisen under a corporate climate forged under toxic masculine energy qualities like unfettered ambition and a winner-takes-all mentality.'

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'With Netflix smash hit Adolescence highlighting the devastation that can be wrought by toxic masculinity, a school dads club has been showing what positive role models men can be.

Jessop Primary School Dads and Male Carers Club provides a space for men to connect, learn new skills, and spend quality time with their children.

It is celebrating its first anniversary having doubled attendance since opening - with an average of 57 dads, carers, and kids at each session.

According to the club it wants to counter the negative influence of harmful online content.

It was started by parents after the murder of Elianne Andam by teenager Hassan Sentamu in a row over a teddy.

Club founder Scott Leonard said: "Primary school is so informative for young people, where they shape much of their thinking and behaviour."

Just 14% of primary school teachers are male according to the Office for National Statistics.'

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'Thorne has called for the introduction of a “digital age of consent” by banning smartphones for under-16s. Pundits have suggested that social media giants should do more to regulate algorithm-driven extreme content. A recent survey came to the depressing conclusion that more than half of young women are now frightened of their male peers.

The debate was further fuelled by former England football manager Sir Gareth Southgate delivering a televised lecture this week, warning about the dangers of “callous, manipulative and toxic influencers” and demanding better male role models. His pleas were echoed by feminist writer Caitlin Moran, author of What About Men?, on Channel 4 News. She said toxic masculinity was “very joyless and very depressing”, expressing the hope that Southgate’s speech and Adolescence would be a watershed moment.

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'Fast-forward to the 21st century, and it is the male of the species who is now routinely diagnosed with ‘toxic masculinity’, another uniquely gendered problem attributed to ‘too much testosterone’.

Intriguingly, we have only discovered lately — thanks to popular culture — that this evolutionary ‘flaw’ is not only responsible for uncontrollable anger, violence and an irresistible urge to dominate and ‘mansplain’, but it also makes men laughably stupid when it comes to domestic chores, multitasking and parenting (as adverts and rom-coms show us every night online and on TV).

So the story of young Jamie may be a parable for our times, insofar as it exposes the deplorable online recruiting sergeants (like the infamously misogynist Tate brothers), but the Tates and their ilk are catering for a much more worrying underlying — and burgeoning — male resentment, and its alarming ramifications.

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'One listener texted into the show to say that the phrase ‘toxic masculinity’ is a “truly horrible, nasty, anti-male term".

Mr Bidwell acknowledged that the use of the term can imply that all masculinity is toxic.

“A true, healthy male is really not toxic,” he said.

“He is a protector; he is someone who will provide huge value to this world.

“I think this is the part of the challenge we’ve got with kids growing up, young boys growing up, is that they’ve had this term brandished.

“They felt that masculinity is bad, or they’re being told masculinity is bad and they’re wondering what they’ve ever done to be labelled that way.”

Mr Bidwell said that while there are definitely masculine traits that “are being displayed in a very toxic way”, that we should be careful to brand all masculinity as toxic.'