The Victorian Government will be rolling out new resources to help teachers seek and stamp out “Andrew Tate-types” in its updated Respectful Relationships strategies in schools.
Earlier this week, Education Minister Ben Carroll shared an update to the Respect Relationship strategy, this time focusing on “Andrew Tate-types” of influencers in hopes of bringing more schools onto the program.
For folks who are not familiar with Andrew Tate, he is a self-proclaimed misogynist who rose to prominence with his podcast. He has since been charged with a laundry list of offences including allegations of human trafficking and rape.
Per The Guardian Australia, about 2,000 government schools and 370 Catholic and independent schools have signed up for the initiative which aims to teach students about gender-based violence. However, according to the publication, the original program did not take into account the surge in popularity of influencers like Tate.
“More and more, we are seeing unhealthy masculinity on the internet and …