Whitestone Therapy

  Adolescence... (10.4.25) 10 April 2025 | 2025 posts “ A third of teachers reported misogyny among pupils last week, survey suggests ”, says the headline of our national broadcaster, the BBC.  According to a poll of 6,000 secondary school teachers, about 40% of the teachers who responded “… said they felt ill-equipped to handle such content ”.    This comes hot on the heels of the impact made by Netflix drama “Adolescence”, the plot of which involves a young, white teenager whose mind has been overthrown by the ‘manosphere’ (prophets are varied, but first among equals is Andrew Tate).  The thirteen-year-old protagonist has been socially isolated to the extent he has fallen under the spell of misogynists such as Tate, and brainwashed to the extent that he stabs a young girl to death (because that is the only logical conclusion of following the tweets of Tate).   Well, I watched the show.  Adolescence misses the mark.  Yes, its one-shot structure i...