Tate-Pilled Boys Are a Problem for Schools

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2. What I Saw Happening as a Male High School Teacher in a Red State

I was starting to see some disturbing changes in my high school age student boys, mostly 11th and 12th graders after the pandemic in the four subsequent years before I retired last May because I just couldn't do it anymore. From wanting to "research" stupid conspiracy theories for my required Honors-level research paper and presenation component (denied, obviously-not in MY classroom!) to more and more talk about Rogan, Tate et al in class discussion. This was in the highest honors and AP English classes, mind you. I listened to young women, gay and trans students growing increasingly disturbed by the attitudes of the young men around them, not to mention the growing hostility towards and outright assaults on their rights perpetrated by our ruby red state government. One of the many final straws for me was when my school district banned The Handmaid's Tale with a few pages of Orwellian bureaucratic legalese, by far the favorite book I
taught in AP English for seven years, and which numerous students wrote about successfully on their AP exams. Our boys are in crisis, and I had/ have no idea how to change their hearts and minds.

Incidentally, I was the department head in a massive suburban high school for my last seven years, and I heard some horror stories from my (mostly female) teachers about how some boys felt empowered to disrespect them. And why not, their favorite president openly bragged about sexually assaulting women.