Stephanie Wescott
@drstephaniewescott.bsky.social
Feminist academic at Monash University. Researching the manosphere & gendered violence in schools
We want to understand what social media is like for teenage boys. This project offers boys aged 12-15 the opportunity to share their thoughts and experiences directly, and to shape the strategies and responses that might support them. Please share this flyer with anyone who might be interested 📣
New from @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social & me in Critical Education Studies. We advance SRGBV as an essential classifying, clarifying and categorising concept to encapsulate gendered abuse, misogyny, sexual harassment and sexism experienced by women, girls and non-binary young people in schools.
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More on 'Adolescence', featuring commentary by University of Adelaide's Sam Schultz and @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social at Monash www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The Adolescence alarm: ‘If there’s a problem with boys’ behaviour, it’s because of us’
Millions have been gripped by a story of toxic masculinity in children that’s been called a ‘wake-up call’. But is it a moral panic, and how should we respond?
theguardian.com
'Tate-pilled boys are a problem for schools' -- @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social and @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social in the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
Opinion | Tate-Pilled Boys Are a Problem for Schools
What ‘Adolescence’ gets right about the harassment of female authority figures.
nytimes.com
By focusing on an extreme expression of misogyny “we may miss a conversation about what is happening every day and ...[the] mundane [yet harmful] ways that these expressions of misogyny and sexism are coming from young boys in schools,” notes @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social
The Adolescence alarm: ‘If there’s a problem with boys’ behaviour, it’s because of us’
Millions have been gripped by a story of toxic masculinity in children that’s been called a ‘wake-up call’. But is it a moral panic, and how should we respond?
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Most Australians look with horror at the Trump administration’s whirlwind of destruction, but what about the lads? | Peter Lewis
A more muscular form of government sits well with our archetypical male, who embraces a sense of grievance egged on by American podcasters
theguardian.com
"...anti-feminism is often the entry point to other forms of radicalisation that has been consistently underestimated by governments...It immediately threatens the integrity & rights of half the world’s population by normalising coercion, control & violence" www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/ctrl...
My friend was radicalised by online misogyny
He believes there is a conspiracy against men, that our societies are not patriarchal and never were (because the very concept of patriarchy is a fabrication), and that women should not be allowed to ...
glamourmagazine.co.uk
Girls have a right to safety in their classrooms. Their education is profoundly compromised by the sexual harassment and violence they experience at school. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Mother calls for change after daughter sexually harassed by classmates - ABC listen
Sarah, not her real name, says serious systemic change is needed to prevent this happening to girls at school
abc.net.au
I was interviewed by news.com.au about our research paper in Cultural Sociology, about the insidious underpinning of Tate content. interview coverage here: www.news.com.au/technology/o... Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social @marcusjmaloney.bsky.social
Andrew and Tristan Tate—alleged rapists and human traffickers—have just arrived in Florida on a private jet. Donald Trump maintains he knows nothing about it. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Andrew Tate and brother Tristan arrive in US after Romania lifts travel ban
The pair, facing trial for human trafficking, had been banned from leaving Romania in recent years.
bbc.com
Researchers have been warning about curriculum narrowing for decades. In an education system governed by performance, testing and comparison rationalisations, it's inevitable that a subject like C&C will be eroded. Excellent comments here by @stewartriddle.com www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Call for 'immediate' curriculum overhaul after 'shocking' civics results
National test results show just 28 per cent of Year 10 students are proficient in civics.
abc.net.au
Podcasts have helped sway many young American men to the right. The same may well happen in Australia. theconversation.com/podcasts-hav...
Podcasts have helped sway many young American men to the right. The same may well happen in Australia
Conservative politicians are making good use ot podcasts to swing the votes of young men in particular. This may prove crucial in the 2025 Australian election.
theconversation.com
Podcasters including Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Logan Paul are mobilizing America’s men to lean right. An analysis of over 2,000 videos shows how. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
How Popular YouTubers Pushed Young Male Voters Toward Trump
How podcasters like Joe Rogan and Logan Paul turned young men, a once apolitical demographic, into a massively powerful voting bloc
bloomberg.com
Are the wellness bros okay? I contributed some thoughts to Madison Griffith's piece in the latest issue of Marie Claire on the intersections between wellness influencer bros (think Wim Hof and Bryan Johnson et al.) and violence against women.
We systematically delved into Tate’s messaging on Telegram and his website so you don’t have to! While contrasting to his vile click baity, misogyny vids @ tweets, Tate’s self-help advice is insidious ideological scaffolding that leads to + celebrates misogyny journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My target demographic for this piece by the way is not gender people or ‘woke’ people, whoever they are. It’s people who care about power being exploited to threaten democracy. Gender matters but the key thing is - protect democracy.
Elizabeth Pearson@lizzypearson.bsky.social · 2y ago'Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women.' Why all Musk and the techbros are protecting is rich men's power. Less protection needed, more care. My latest for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/elon-musk-an...
'Understanding the appeal of figures like Andrew Tate requires moving beyond surface-level explanations that blame feminist discourse for alienating boys and young men.' missingperspectives.com/posts/andrew... By @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social & me
Andrew Tate’s appeal to young men has nothing to do with toxic masculinity
As Andrew Tate launches a political party, Tate’s appeal lies in his skilful manipulation of genuine issues, such as economic hardships, and his ability to frame these issues as consequences of femini...
missingperspectives.com
The New Orleans attacker and Las Vegas bomber weren't working together, as initially feared. But the two acts have so much in common. Both were lost men who, because of toxic masculinity, got radicalized into believing far-right violence was ennobling. www.salon.com/2025/01/06/m...
Whether MAGA or ISIS, online misogyny fuels terrorism
Bitter men of all stripes are targeted by influencers telling them to double down on toxic masculinity
salon.com
The real appeal of Andrew Tate is not because boys hear the phrase ‘toxic masculinity’ — New piece in Monash Lens by me and @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social lens.monash.edu/2025/01/09/1...
'...engagement with literature may enable discourses about consent to be extended beyond life skills and sexual health approaches.' Important and timely paper by Helen Cahill et al. on the possibilities of consent education through text study in English. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Consent and literary education: the opportunities and challenges of teaching consent in secondary school English
This article explores whether secondary school English teachers can contribute to consent education in Australia. A scoping study involved reviewing research on consent education, examining both co...
tandfonline.com
Epistemic injustice and violence in times of resurgent anti-trans backlash, emboldened white supremacist rhetoric and far-right extremism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Epistemic injustice and violence in times of resurgent anti-trans backlash, emboldened white supremacist rhetoric and far-right extremism
Published in Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (Vol. 45, No. 5-6, 2024)
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This SI looks incredible! Congrats to the editors, Wayne Martino & Diana Kuhl, and all who contributed papers. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Epistemic injustice and violence in times of resurgent anti-trans backlash, emboldened white supremacist rhetoric and far-right extremism
Published in Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (Vol. 45, No. 5-6, 2024)
tandfonline.com
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by @neilselwyn.bsky.social about the social media ban in Australia, as you can probably guess I’m not a fan! You can listen to the episode here 😊 www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...
Australia thinks that it can ban young people from using social media … we have questions! - Education Technology Society
The Australian government has just announced that it will ban all young people under the age of 16 from using social media.Dr. Clare Southerton explains the background to this ‘ban’ and what it might ...
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