‘Kids are remoted from one another however joined by screens that then join them to poisonous cultures’ | EUROtoday

The critically-acclaimed and wildly widespread British Netflix drama “Adolescence” is providing a brand new era of storytelling with very thought-provoking themes that drive viewers to query many issues in regards to the world we dwell in and the values that we have been embracing with out giving a lot thought. To provide in-depth perspective of the recurring theme of poisonous masculinity, France 24’s Delano D’Souza is happy to welcome Jack Halberstam, celebrated writer, Professor of Gender Studies and English and Director of the Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality; David Feinson Professor of Humanities. Halberstam asserts that teenage boys do not have to be managed. Parents have to be extra in tune with the “messages in the culture that are being distributed through all the banal networks that we know of, whether it’s the social media platforms or the news”, rife with contradictory details about tradition. Halberstam warns us that the hazards we face are proper earlier than our very eyes. They are sometimes social and cultural norms that we do not are likely to query, we simply settle for it as is, from the “potentially dangerous” and outdated nuclear household mannequin and the resurgence of the patriarchal tradition to the “authoritarian capitalism and toxic masculinity” fuelled by Fundamentalism Christianity. Halberstam slams “out-of-control” social media platforms run by plutocrats and billionaires. Regardless of age, Halberstam warns we have to break away from the suffocating grip of social media.
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250326-kids-are-isolated-from-each-other-but-joined-by-screens-that-then-connect-them-to-toxic-cultures