澳大利亚学校正面临日益严重的性骚扰和暴力问题，其根源与网络"男性圈"文化的传播密切相关。[1]过去十年间，澳大利亚学校或由学校报告的10至17岁涉嫌施害者至少涉及35起强奸指控和198起猥亵侵犯案件。[1]受在线影响者宣传的性别刻板印象影响，许多男生对女性和女教师进行身体骚扰和性骚扰。[1]
女教师Ruby的遭遇反映了问题的严重程度。[1]她遭受5至13岁男生数月的骚扰，包括"被击中腹股沟、被打耳光、被摸、被讲述他们梦中对我做的性幻想"。[1]专家指出学校缺乏应对措施，这也是女教师离职的重要原因。[1]
为应对危机，维州政府采取了行动。[1]该州投入1.29亿澳元推行"尊重关系"整校项目，最近预算再拨款1040万澳元将项目扩展到400多所学校。[1]非营利机构The Man Cave的促进者Timms表示，在其工作坊中，约三分之二会有男生披露自杀意念。[1]此外，巴西也在酝酿相关立法应对这一问题——拟议的反厌女法案规定，暴力、煽动暴力或限制女性权利可处2至5年监禁，若在线发布或由大V发布可处3至10年监禁。[1]
Australian schools are grappling with a surge in gender-based violence and sexual harassment linked to online "manosphere" culture, with boys influenced by internet influencers perpetrating abuse against female students and teachers. Over the past decade, Australian schools have recorded at least 35 rape allegations and 198 indecent assault cases involving alleged perpetrators aged 10 to 17 [1]. One teacher, Ruby, endured months of physical and sexual abuse from boys aged 5 to 13, describing incidents where she was "hit in the groin, slapped on the ear, groped, and told about sexual fantasies they had about me in their dreams" [1].
Educational authorities have begun responding to the crisis. Victoria's government has allocated AUD $129 million for a "Respectful Relationships" whole-school program, with a recent budget allocation of an additional AUD $10.4 million to expand the initiative to more than 400 schools [1]. A proposed Brazilian anti-misogyny law would impose prison sentences of 2 to 5 years for violence, incitement to violence, or actions restricting women's rights, with penalties of 3 to 10 years for offenses posted online or disseminated by high-profile accounts [1].