Overview

• The Education Ministry’s guidance published mid-July requires secondary schools to teach 11–18-year-olds about the misogynistic Incel movement, pornography’s role in radicalization and related digital harms.
• Lessons will encompass AI-generated sexual images, deepfakes, sexual ethics beyond consent and power dynamics within the existing Relationships and Sex Education framework.
• Schools may start integrating the new content in autumn 2025 and must fully adopt the curriculum by September 2026.
• Guidance emphasizes offering boys constructive role models instead of misogynistic influencers and underscores that boys should not be stigmatized for their gender.
• A Department for Education survey revealed that 54 percent of students aged 11 to 19 experienced sexist remarks in the past week, highlighting the prevalence of misogynistic attitudes.