The Daily Mail has long been the only newspaper in the UK who generally rejects the all-men-are-evil approach. They have some excellentwriters or accept contributions from the likes of Melanie Phillips, Erin Pizzey and Amanda Platell.
In this brilliantly written piece (link) by Carol Sarler, she highlights that one of the reasons behind the severe shortage of male teachers (article, report) is because some mothers have a negative view of men and also because they fear their children (especially daughters) will be at risk of some sort of sexual assault.
Ms Sarler rightly points out that it causes a real problem for boys who don't have fathers in the home so have no male role model. And of course, it effects men who want a career in teaching.
As posted before, the anti-male culture we live in has a myriad of victims. One post recently highlighted the issue on adoption (link) and now we have male teachers being unfairly put under the microscope. False accusations abound, which means when a man is accused of sexual assault etc on a pupil, his career is ruined and it is irrelevant if he is innocent. That is why there is an organisation called Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers (FACT) (link).
There are two ironies that always get overlooked as well.
Firstly, as the article says "When the NSPCC reported this week that the police estimate some 50 allegations a day of sexual abuse against children, they meant, overwhelmingly, abuse at the hands of family or of parents' friends."
Secondly, there have been many stories recently about female teachers having unlawful intercourse with their male pupils (link, link). All I hear is a vacuum of silence from those who think women=good, men = bad on this issue.
In education, as with so many other facets of life in Britain, the war on men is having a serious effect.
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