Adolescence is the newest Netflix series that Stephen Graham featured with regard to incel culture and a 13-year-old boy who was arrested over the murder of a young girl.
He argued that it’s pretty alarming in this age to see the rise of “misogynistic tendencies,” because “we are all accountable to an extent” in finding solutions.
His latest mini-series, Adolescence, looks at how social media impacts children as well as the easy radicalization of views found online.
Graham said, “He inspired me to write this show by an actual event that took place in his life”
“A few months later, I read about a girl fatally stabbed by a boy her age, before seeing the same news from another part of the nation concerning a girl kneeling at the hands of a boy not her age.
“Honestly, that broke my heart, and I just asked why. Why do things like this happen? What is this society? What has made happen at this point of time? What caused it?
In fact, it poses the question of how to prevent the onset of incelism rather than offering a solution.
“When you look at it, you realize that we are all somewhat responsible. There are shortfalls in the educational system, and instances wherein it can assess the rise in misogynistic tendencies to see what has transpired.
“It’s the society in general can look at all this-parents also-would look at this, and the government in quite a very many ways.”
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A more rabid incel subculture that developed in the last few years incorporates those who are anti-feminist and believe that women have become far too choosy aboutmates.
Men hold that they are entitled to objectify and criticize women, as they are the superior gender.
Andrew Tate’s influence is placed in connection with the growing online space in which young boys are radicalized from a particular perspective.
Ashley Walters, another actor who stars alongside Graham, admitted that he was pretty uncomfortable to learn that a sexist group actually existed and thinks about the kind of world kids lives in today.
“I never really looked into the Andrew Tate material, but I had seen tidbits of it appear online or something. This was also my first real encounter though.
“I sometimes do feel sorry for kids,” he believes. “I grew up in a bubble and had no idea what things are like in the U.S. or anywhere else in the world.
That neighborhood is where my family and I had grown up…. I did not see any Bentleys or anything else of expensive taste. I was satiated with whatever I had. You guys are now seeing all of this. It is not surprising due to the accelerated mental growth of the children.
The Top Boy star feels it is quite difficult for the young lads to express their feelings. “It’s so important that we are having these conversations and normalizing having those conversations about feelings, and whatever else is going through their head, the same way girls and women do.”
“I’m a real man of vulnerability; I cry in front of my mates, and I talk about my feelings as much as I can. That was one of the really important reasons I wanted to be part of this conversation that we’re beginning”.
“For me, it’s sometimes difficult, so I can only imagine how young men are with everything around social media that occurs in their lives, how hard that is for them to start that conversation.”
“This government should do something.”
Writer and co-creator Jack Thorne agrees, stating that the government should intervene to educate parents and children in the responsible use of social media.
“I think this government should take action. And because this administration fears big tech, they’ve really watered down a private members’ bill that’s due to pass the Commons on Friday.
“We really need to hold the types of conversations that they are holding in Australia-involving whether or not there will be any laws to enforce a social media ban.”
“We must hold those conversations as a nation, but we are not holding those conversations. And things are going to get worse until we start.”
He says: “Doing this show, I spent a lot of time in a lot of dark places. I watched where the web has gone and where the web is going. And it’s not about Andrew Tate; Andrew Tate is shorthand for adults. “There is so much more out there. And it feeds kids this kind of logic… that makes sense of the world for them in a very distorted and ugly way. And unless we acknowledge that and have conversations about it, things will just get worse.”
“We are committed to keeping young people safe online,” a spokesperson for the government said.
“From next week, Ofcom will begin to meet the requirements of the Online Safety Act for illegal content, focusing on the most harmful material.
“By summer, kids will be protected against harmful content, while platforms will have some responsibility to offer online experiences that are appropriate for their age.
“These safeguards will be the foundation of protection, and our immediate focus will now be on getting them up and running quickly and effectively.”
“We also know that there will be further work to do and we have taken an action even already commissioning a study to look into the up-to-date current research on the impact of social media and smartphones and their effectiveness in strengthening evidence about the impact on children’s wellbeing.”
“It will allow us to quickly assess all options toward informing our next steps in the safety of children online.” Teenagers will be available on Netflix on April 13.
