Teenage boys face investigation by anti-terrorism officers in the event that they make sexist remarks within the classroom, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The Dwelling Workplace is contemplating plans to permit academics to report misogynistic feedback to the federal government’s Stop programme, which was set as much as fight Islamic extremists. Even feedback a few ‘lady’s place being within the kitchen’ may very well be sufficient to spark a referral to the unit, sources stated final night time.
Critics say the transfer would dilute Stop’s work in deradicalising potential terrorists at a time of big world tensions.
The plan – which might place sexism on a par with Islamic extremism – was mentioned in high-level conferences between Home Office and Stop specialists in current weeks. The Dwelling Workplace is widening the Stop programme to fight rising misogyny amongst youngsters, fuelled by vile social media influencers reminiscent of Andrew Tate, however some civil servants warn the plans danger decreasing the anti-radicalisation unit to changing into ‘a wing of social providers’.
One Stop supply stated final night time: ‘Plenty of younger boys maintain excessive sexist views about ladies, which academics will hear and make referrals. It will then overload the system, and Stop won’t be able to focus on Islamist or far-Proper extremism.’
Critics say the transfer would dilute Stop’s work in deradicalising potential terrorists at a time of big world tensions. (Inventory photograph)

Critics say the transfer would dilute Stop’s work in deradicalising potential terrorists at a time of big world tensions. (Inventory photograph)
Final yr, a highly-critical Authorities report accused Stop of a ‘lack of focus’ and warned the general public have been more and more in danger as a result of the physique had turn into distracted by far-Proper and psychological well being instances somewhat than concentrating on Islamists.
Main terrorism specialists cautioned in opposition to the plans final night time.
Professor Anthony Glees, of Buckingham College, stated: ‘Stop shouldn’t unfold itself too thinly. There’s a variety of horrible misogyny on the market, however I really feel academics can have a phrase with pupils to stamp it out.’
And Lord Carlile of Berriew, the previous Impartial Reviewer of Counter-Terror Laws, warned that Stop shouldn’t police misogynistic ideas
He stated: ‘If there’s a younger one that is exhibiting indicators of maximum misogyny to an extent that it may be considered extremism, then it is an excellent concept to take care of it as quickly as doable.
‘Nevertheless it shouldn’t be a routine. Stop will not be there for each expression of a thought that could be misogynistic. Stop is a counter-terrorism measure, not a counter-extremism measure, so if instances are going to be referred to Stop, they should be of fairly a excessive degree.’
So-called ‘incels’ – or involuntary celibate males who aggressively blame girls on them being single – have been behind quite a few mass shootings in America. However in Britain there was one such recorded case, that of Jake Davison, 22, who shot lifeless 5 victims in Plymouth in 2021 earlier than killing himself.
Consultants say misogyny is at an ‘all-time excessive’ in faculties and sixth-form schools because of social media influencers like Tate, a former kickboxing champion who has greater than 10 million followers on X and whose movies have been watched greater than 12 billion occasions on TikTok.

Consultants say misogyny is at an ‘all-time excessive’ in faculties and sixth-form schools because of social media influencers like Tate (pictured)
The 36-year-old –who says girls are ‘intrinsically lazy’, and ‘barely sentient beings’ – is at the moment awaiting trial in Romania for intercourse with a minor, human trafficking and cash laundering.
Bedfordshire Police have additionally issued an arrest warrant on him for rape and human trafficking. He denies all of the allegations.
One Stop skilled – who stated officers have by no means been skilled to take care of excessive misogyny – stated: ‘I’ve had academics take me apart and ask me what assist I can present on Andrew Tate. She has had boys telling her they won’t take heed to her as a result of she is a girl.’
Stop was arrange in 2006 to fight the specter of Islamic terrorism within the UK following the 7/7 London bombings which killed 52 commuters.
Lots of of Stop officers now work inside police forces and native authorities to determine potential extremists, and intervene with a programme of deradicalisation.
The plans to widen the remit of Stop comes as a part of a wider ‘speedy evaluate’ of counter-extremism technique following the October 7 assaults by Hamas in Israel final yr, which left 1,195 lifeless.
In July, the Nationwide Police Chiefs Council revealed a report which warned violence in opposition to girls and ladies had turn into a ‘nationwide emergency’, with greater than 3,000 crimes recorded every day. Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth stated younger males have been liable to being radicalised by the likes of Tate in the identical method that terrorists attract followers.
Ministers introduced a evaluate of Britain’s counter-terrorism technique quickly after Labour gained energy in July ‘to determine any gaps in coverage which must be addressed to crack down on these pushing dangerous and hateful beliefs and violence’. Its findings are anticipated early subsequent yr.
The Dwelling Workplace stated the evaluate into the technique was ongoing, including: ‘Incels are thought-about from a counter-terrorism perspective on a case-by-case foundation, and can proceed to be monitored as an rising risk.’
A Dwelling Workplace supply added misogyny instances shall be referred to Stop if the person reveals indicators of extremism or radicalisation.
We should battle scourge of sexism, however not like this
By Julie Bindel
Undoubtedly misogyny is on the rise amongst boys and younger males, a few of whom are egged on by the hateful lyrics of rap and drill music, whereas others are awed by on-line influencers who generate profits from stirring up resentment and violence.
However obligating academics to report them to Stop – initially established to deradicalise Islamist extremists – is actively unhelpful.
A trainer who discovers a 14-year-old is making extraordinarily sexist feedback shouldn’t hesitate to collar the boy, clarify to him in no unsure phrases the deplorable nature of his behaviour and, in essentially the most extreme instances, reminiscent of sharing nude pictures, contact the police. That is the plain response.

The interpretation of phrases stated within the playground may effectively rely upon the sensibilities of the trainer. (Inventory picture)
Telling him it is an extremist offence to be referred to the counter-terrorism squad does nothing to make him and boys like him grasp the fact of male violence – and will effectively have the other impact, by glamorising it.
And who’s to resolve what’s value reporting? The interpretation of phrases stated within the playground may effectively rely upon the sensibilities of the trainer. Furthermore, is that this scheme solely the priority of acolytes of on-line influencers which means that the misogynistic behaviour of pupils steeped in rap tradition go unreported by academics fearing accusations of racism?
The Dwelling Workplace’s evaluate into how ‘excessive misogyny’ will be folded into Britain’s counter-terrorism technique is a harmful diversion of assets. Stop was based within the wake of the atrocities dedicated by Islamic extremists, which stays the principal terrorist risk to the British public.
The loathing of ladies ought to be addressed at dwelling, in class, by social providers and the police, however not by counter-terrorism specialists. Violent sexism is a risk to each lady on this nation, and now we have to place a cease to it. However through the use of the legal guidelines now we have and making them stick.