UK: Adolescence: Netflix series writer Jack Thorne wants 'radical action not role models'.

HonestRevolution7055 · 2025-03-22T14:54:03+00:00

How do we stop boys harming girls?

Why is THIS always the takeaway from this kind of stuff? Why isn’t it to help boys feel secure and cared for by society? Because by making sure of that, there wouldn’t be this sort of violence in the first place.

Boys are simply reacting to the systemic neglect they’ve been facing for years. They need love and support, not “radical action” bullshit, from public figures who have no grasp on reality.

The quote that comes to mind is:

“The child who isn’t embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth”

furchfur · 2025-03-22T13:34:02+00:00

A stupid male hating TV series is being used to argue for government policy.

The creator of the series comes across as obviously a left wing feminist man hater.

The guy is an unbearable idiot.

How can the government state they have tried role models when 75% of teachers in secondary schools are female Many if not most boys are now brought up in fatherless households. The education system, the juvenile prison system the health service all favour females etc etc,

The government supports discrimination against males. Discrimination in sentencing Female only colleges at University. More personal privacy and support for females etc etc.

Then they wander why boys react the way they do.

The left wing feminist man hating government is out to destroy males.

king_rootin_tootin · 2025-03-22T17:19:37+00:00

For every one boy in UK who does a stabbing attack, there are several hundred who self deleted. But what does Netflix make a series about?

HonestlyKindaOverIt · 2025-03-22T14:01:50+00:00

Things like this make me feel so disheartened. Especially since it’s been universally praised in the mainstream. I feel like it pushes whatever incremental progress has been made back so far. You think we make progress in one area and then something like this comes along, resets the narrative and any good is instantly undone.

shroud_of_saints · 2025-03-22T16:10:40+00:00

Radicalization happens in real life, in real environments, shaped by real-world trauma, exclusion, and desperation. The internet might echo that experience... but it’s not the root cause. The root cause is society’s failure to give people a reason not to become radical in the first place. I think the left are worried because in the UK (and other Western countries) young men are shifting rightwing. The shift isn’t about bigotry or ignorance. It’s about a vacuum of meaning, purpose, and respect. The right is filling that void. And until the left stops preaching and starts listening, that shift is only going to grow.

SarcasticallyCandour · 2025-03-22T15:22:58+00:00

Its a censorship promotion progrqmne.

Progressives saw in the US young male mobilized on the internet and truml used platforms like Rogan to reach a male audience.

The left knows the internet is the only place it doesnt control. If you look at schools, unis, social services, DV shelters, sociology, family law, WHO, UN etc the left has total control of them spewing their ideologies about male demonization, pro mas immigration, two-tier justice ranking punishments by race and sex, pampering NGOs with tax funds while cutting off elderly and increasing taxes for workers.

The internet is the last place feminists cant regulate using the State. They know its a threat to their female special privilege promotions. If we look at DEI is beibg used to block men from promotions and white women in HR fasttrack each other. Look at the RAF blocking male cadets fron enrolling.

The internet is the only place these leftists and their lies are questioned. Its the only place men are talked about as humans. From schools to unis to NGOs men and boys are talked about like we're demons.

Any attempt to talk about male suicide, male DV victims, boy's education, homelessness, drug addiction , boys eating disorders....is INSTANTLY disrupted by feminists/progressives as 'poor oppressed menz" , "wot mayl issuez?" , "you're angry male privilege is being removed " this is,a systematic problem outside of the internet. Feminists and the fucking bogus data on education , endless fucking pampering of girls in education while boys get drugged with ritalin. Its a fucking disgrace. This is a persistent attempt for feminists to censor any opposition.

RoryTate · 2025-03-22T15:28:38+00:00

This all reminds me of the height of the Barbie movie's popularity, where its supporters were certain that they had the next ten US elections locked in, and that "wominist" ideology had finally won the culture war with a decisive generational victory. So, how is that coming along now? Yeah, just look at how badly that worked out for them.

By comparison, this UK streaming show has almost nobody who saw it, and fewer who even care about the story. It's not really worth getting worried about. If it does get played in schools as the UK govt wants, I predict it will be ridiculed by the boys who watch it, and they will make fun of the over-the-top acting, find it boring and a ludicrous representation of them and their school lives, and ultimately they will end up just wanting to punch the lights out of that "little sh!te", all while their teachers imagine they are taking this "important lesson" seriously. Just like the Barbie movie propaganda, it's not going to work out the way they want, because people can't understand how young boys think unless they take the time to genuinely care about them and listen to what they say. And this piece of content is the very opposite of genuine.

On that note, I heard a rumour that the actor portraying the main character – Owen Cooper – is having a really hard time right now in school because of the release of this show. Child actors always have it rough, unfortunately, because no one likes someone who achieves early success. Playing a hated murderer is certainly not good for an actor's brand either. It's not a surprise that he is being ostracized, isolated, bullied, etc, in the unforgiving social hierarchy of school life. And it's only going to get worse as he gets older. It's sad, but unsurprising. Give him about five years and I predict he will be well on his way following the Jake Lloyd path, having quit acting in anger, and wanting nothing to do with the dishonest, exploitative, and backstabbing industry of entertainment.

Sam__Toucan · 2025-03-22T21:58:39+00:00

So now men are to blame for the behaviour of a fictional character lol

walterwallcarpet · 2025-03-22T14:15:23+00:00

Note to Gareth Southgate, who's on the bandwagon.

Any role model would automatically exclude YOU, who is all to ready to 'take the knee' on all issues, including feminism, without really understanding them, mate. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqjpzg0qwno

HiveMindKing · 2025-03-22T17:19:56+00:00

One girl hurt, we must punish a million boys.

Clemicus · 2025-03-22T16:57:02+00:00

Sorry, I’m confused. So this person wrote a fictional drama series based on what he supposedly found online — which didn’t really go beyond 20/80 and a few other talking points — and he’s trying to draw parallels between that and real life?

And he wants radical intervention, even though the government have been trying to tackle disruptive behaviour for possibly decades. With new approaches, taking place, every so many years — take PSHE, which is briefly mentioned in the series. And programs by third parties — possibly since 2019/2020.

“At this age, with all these different pressures on him and with the peculiarities of his society around him, he starts to believe that the only way to reset this balance is through violence.”

Excuse the run on sentence. The violence was revenge for words said on the Internet, for the bullying and made possible, by the bullying of the murder victim so the murderer could manipulate the victim into being at the murder spot.

He kinda understands it but doesn’t seem to get it and has a weird opinion of incels. If I didn’t know any better I’d swear this was to swamp search results so the top results will be about this series and any action taken by the UK government and by extension, the numerous articles.

I’ve included this: https://policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/It-Just-Grinds-You-Down-Joanna-Williams-Policy-Exchange-December-2018.pdf

BowtiepastaMasta · 2025-03-22T20:18:28+00:00

Got half way through the second episode and realized what it was about and turned it off.

Angryasfk · 2025-03-23T08:21:43+00:00

Yes. Some twat writes a story for a TV show and he is suddenly the expert who decides what we should do about it.

How about we go back to John Wayne interviews and impose his ideas of what a “real man” is, his movies were quite popular after all? Or perhaps we should put the writers of General Hospital or Scrubs in charge of Health Policy. I mean they must know all about it having written scripts.

rabel111 · 2025-03-23T00:53:03+00:00

Apologists like Thorne accept without question that responsibility for conflict lies with children, rather than adults. This sexist assumption, that endorses the claim by many women, that they are victims of children's violence, that they have been raped by the children they were sexually abusing, is informed by [prejudice not evidence.

Restricting the world of boys, so they are not exposed to opposing ideologies and ideas, is not a solution. It's a slide into a dystopian society that enslaves the minds and bodies of its citizens.

Vincentamerica · 2025-03-23T05:37:14+00:00

Jack Thorne wrote the abomination that is Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, so anything he says or writes I either skip or take with a grain of salt.

63daddy · 2025-03-22T14:56:58+00:00

So why are there more incels and other such “infuencers”? Why do women feel that available men aren’t good enough? Why are college men today so much less likely to ask women out than was the case years ago?

He’s trying to change the symptoms, not the root problem.

For decades we’ve been advantaging girls over boys in education. We’ve been advantaging women over men in job hiring and business ownership. These and other such factors make women’s hypergamous desires unattainable. Simply asking a girl out can get one accused of sexual harassment. Women are told they deserve it all. MeToo and BelieveWomen can ruin a man’s life with no evidence he did anything wrong, same with anti-male title IX procedures. Divorce and family law screw men over.

More incels, “manosphere influencers” like Tate and young men shying away from women are a reaction to such changes.

If Jack Thorne wants things to change for the better he should focus on such root causes, not the reaction to the causes.

NoSpinach4025 · 2025-03-24T19:10:37+00:00

That writer looks exactly how you'll think: balding, low-T vegan frame, effeminate mannerisms.

AnuroopRohini · 2025-03-23T02:05:34+00:00

and "TheTinMen" are promoting this series and also banned me from his sub lol asking simple question on "Radical Feminist" and "Rising Misandry in Society" (My Comment)

by the definition of "Incel" then I am also a Incel, because I don't have Girlfriend, I am Virgin and why I don't have girlfriend because that was my choice not because I am unable to get a Girlfriend so most of the single Men are not Incels they are just doing their work and don't want a Women In life and this doesn't mean they hate women, People like Williams https://x.com/CostelloWilliam (a researcher on "incel") are over blowing this term instead of focusing on genuine problems like Mental Health, economic problem and biased program towards Women

I am Not against him and this guy William what I am against is one is not making posts on "Radicalization of women by Feminists" and one is focusing too much on "Incel Problem" when the problem is much bigger than this and that problem is affecting both Men and Women and affecting Men more

Platypus-Glass · 2025-03-22T21:21:58+00:00

I thought it was really good. They showed that the dad neglected his son emotionally and instead of processing his emotions in a healthy way he ignored them till it boiled over and he yelled at his wife or those boys. He said he didn’t beat his son like his dad beat him but that isn’t all that’s needed to raise a boy. He didn’t teach his son emotional regulation and it boiled over and he stabbed that girl when he only meant to intimidate her.

He also didn’t have a good male remodel. His dad was his but when he failed at sports his dad was embarrassed with him. He ended up isolating himself in his room, which is where the radicalization took place.

The school environment was also extremely toxic. Which made it really difficult emotionally, which he wasn’t good at processing.

The show showed that young boys need to be taught emotional regulation, which includes having their feelings being cared about. Have a good positive role models that teach positive masculinity, And to overhaul the school system.

Fragrant-Resist4230 · 2025-03-23T12:24:59+00:00

It’s honestly exhausting how men completely miss the point of Adolescence and reduce it to just being about bullying when it’s actually a full-on critique of red-pill ideology, misogyny, and toxic masculinity. Like, how do you watch this show, see the way these harmful beliefs develop and spread, and then just go, “Oh, it’s about how bullying is bad”? No, it’s about how young men, instead of healthily processing their pain, get sucked into a cycle of blaming women, rejecting empathy, and adopting a toxic mindset that ruins their own lives and the lives of those around them.

It’s wild because the show literally lays out how these ideologies take advantage of vulnerable young men—how they’re manipulated into thinking that their struggles are women’s fault instead of looking inward or questioning the structures that actually oppress them. It shows how red-pill rhetoric isn’t about “helping” men but about making them angrier, more isolated, and more resentful, feeding them the lie that domination and control equal strength. And yet, so many guys watch it and completely ignore that.

At this point, it’s just depressing how allergic some men are to any kind of critical thinking when it comes to media that challenges their worldview. Like, I’m begging them to engage with even one layer of nuance. The show isn’t just about bullying. It’s about the insidious ways toxic masculinity warps young men’s perspectives and how red-pill ideology preys on that insecurity. But of course, that’s too much to ask. 😤

and no, women are not pushing an agenda to make all women hate men, men are doing that on their own by being total dicks to women. We are just responding to YOUR actions.

and no, this is not "propaganda", A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK.

Title	UK: Adolescence: Netflix series writer Jack Thorne wants 'radical action not role models'.
Author	furchfur
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Date	March 22, 2025 1:22 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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