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Plymouth MP Luke Pollard is backing campaign to help tackle worrying rise in misogyny and violence against women and girls
Plymouth MP Luke Pollard has hailed a Labour plan to try and stop the spread of online misogyny among young men.
In the wake of the Keyham shooting, committed by a young man who had frequented incel [involuntary celibate] talk sites and who had made reference to the extremist views of other incels during YouTube rants, a national debate arose of how to deal with the issue of online misogyny.
Mr Pollard, MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, accompanied families of those murdered by Jake Davison when they met with the Security Minister warning that more action needed to be taken to tackle rising concerns over the online incel culture.
This issue was compounded in Plymouth following the horrifying murder of a young student in Leigham who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by Cody Ackland who led a secret life fascinated with serial killers, predominantly those who targeted women.
Shadow Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson MP, has now announced that Labour will give teachers the tools to end the scourge of sexual harassment by young men influenced by online misogyny, with new digital literacy and safeguarding measures.
Since the Keyham tragedy of August 2021, Luke has campaigned for the government to adopt a strategy to tackle incel culture on the internet. He raised the issue in his Private Members’ bill - called Keyham’s Law - as well as in meetings with Ministers and in the House of Commons. Luke has also held roundtables in Parliament with experts like the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and the National Education Union to make the case for an incel strategy. School inspection data provided by Ofsted found that mentions of the terms 'sexism', 'misogyny', 'sexual harassment', 'sexual abuse' and 'safeguarding incident' had grown by more than 400% between 2019 and 2022. Labour’s plans will comprise:
- Supporting schools to work together and spread best practice in dealing with misogyny and sexual harassment.
- Rolling out regional improvement teams whose roles will include providing school mentor training for older schoolboys to coach younger boys in recognising and stopping misogyny.
- Embedding digital literacy in the curriculum so that young people are given the critical tools to deal with online hate and misinformation.
- Rolling out access to mental health counsellors in every school, ensuring young people can get support when they need it and recognise harmful behaviour.
- Empowering Ofsted to conduct new annual safeguarding checks to quickly identify patterns of risky or harmful behaviour.
In 2022, a poll found that 70 percent of teachers in the UK faced misogyny at work, with the Women and Equalities Committee branding sexual violence a 'scourge' in schools last year.
As platforms such as TikTok, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram push content using certain algorithms, male pupils are becoming exposed to a rapid rise in material from a misogynistic online subculture.
Influencers such as Andrew Tate are able to disseminate their views on social platforms easily and directly to reach a young, male target audience as intended.
Luke Pollard MP, Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, said: " We must prevent a tragedy like Keyham’s from ever happening again. The government must reform gun laws and stop the spread of online misogyny radicalising young men.
From speaking with teachers, it’s clear to me that the government has left schools to fend for themselves in dealing with misogyny and harassment in the classroom. I’m glad that Labour will give teachers proper tools and support with this new plan.
We need it in schools now.” Bridget Phillipson MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, said: "Content from influencers such as Andrew Tate is having a lasting and damaging impact on boys and young men. Parents across the country are rightly concerned about the impact this is having on children, particularly the sexual harassment being suffered by young women and girls.
"That is why I have set out measures to equip schools with the tools they need to rid our education system of these misogynistic views, teach our children right from wrong, and implement better safeguarding measures.
"Labour is the party of high and rising standards, which is why alongside long overdue reform of Ofsted inspection, we will ensure the regulator conducts annual safeguarding inspections to identify where problems exist – and keep our schools and children safe."
In January 2023, Mr Pollard asked the Government whether it planned to introduce a national strategy on incel culture to tackle the radicalisation of young people. In response on January 20, 2023 Tom Tugendhat replied: "Prevent aims to protect people from radicalisation and provides appropriate support to people regardless of ideology. This can include individuals who have shown an interest in incel narratives.
People who are referred to Prevent for incel-related concerns will receive tailored support just as they would for any other ideological issue.
"Prevent is threat agnostic and is designed to tackle radicalisation across all ideologies, and so staff resource and budget are not specifically allocated against any particular type of ideology or threat."
On January 18, 2023 the inquest into the unlawful killings of Maxine Davison, Lee Martyn, his daughter Sophie, Stephen Washington and Kate Shepherd on August 12, 2021 found that Jake's mother had highlighted her concerns about her son, and a careers advisor had agreed to make a safeguarding referral to Pete Aley at Plymouth City Council, the local lead contact for the Prevent programme, but he declined the referral. Mrs Roberts said Prevent aims to identify those at risk of being “groomed for terrorism”.
A detective from Counter Terrorism South West responsible for Prevent had no record of a referral about Davison, the inquest later heard.
Plan to tackle incel culture after Keyham shooting
Plymouth MP Luke Pollard is backing campaign to help tackle worrying rise in misogyny and violence against women and girls
