The show actually highlights a lot of issues with the youth and growing up in the UK and probably Europe with some accuracy which it then proceeds to gloss over with by saying misogyny is the fundamental driving force.
Including things like:
- The disobedience and lack of respect in British classrooms demonstrated by children not following simple orders, using phones in school, speaking back to the teacher, complete lack of attention spans etc..
- Kids after school not having anything meaningful to do and just loitering or living on the Internet
- Parents either being too busy or not really raising their kids as closely as they could be
- The freedom the main boy was allowed to go out by himself at night at such a young age
- Social media becoming the norm for kids and teens
- Anti-social behaviour shown by teens who spray painted the car
I have a friend who's worked in Secondary education here his entire life (aka middle school + high school) and he says how awful it all is. The kids can't sit still, many struggle to follow basic orders, they talk back, they bring their phones in, some get involved in drugs and crime.
I have a Canadian friend who's a teacher who said she'd never teach in the UK because she's spoken to so many former teachers here who talked about the kids being assholes.
I taught in Japan for several years in both Elementary and Middle school and witnessed moral and cultural education being at heart of the entire system. The kids were very respectful, well mannered, polite and were easy to teach. They were made of stronger stuff and understood the importance of following rules both in school and within society.
Many of them would also spend their time after school being engaged in further study or school clubs, so people weren't concerned about hoards of teens and what they're up to.
Anyway my point is the moral panic and push to bring this show into mainstream conversation thinking it's going to fix the problems we have is quite funny. It simply won't. It will require a huge upheavel in how the youth are raised by society (schools, parents, society) if you want more of them to become decent people in society.
