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Here are five reasons everybody is talking about Adolescence.
Incel culture and the ‘manosphere’
‘Incel’ is short for involuntary celibate, and refers to men or teenage boys who consider themselves unable to attract women, which often leads to hostile views towards women and girls.
It is also revealed Jamie had been bullied at school and that his peers and family all had roles in his loneliness and the way he is drawn into toxic online spaces.
Social media and education

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met with the creators of the show Adolescence, along with charities and young people, to listen to experiences of children today and discuss the issues raised by the TV series. Source: AAP / Jack Taylor/PA
“I’ve backed Netflix’s plan to show the series for free in schools across the country, so as many young people as possible can see it.”
The show’s co-creator Jack Thorne has suggested the UK should introduce a smartphone ban in schools and a digital age of consent, similar to measures taken in Australia.
‘Race swapping’ and ‘propaganda’
The post was later shared by Elon Musk, and it had 4.8 million views at the time of writing.
We’re not making a point about race with this. We are making a point about masculinity.
Jack Thorne
“We’re not making a point about race with this. We are making a point about masculinity. We’re trying to get inside a problem. We’re not saying this is one thing or another. We’re saying this is about boys.”
Youth gender violence
“And then, about three or four months later, there was a story on the news … about a young boy who had stabbed a young girl to death, and this incident was the opposite end to the country to the first incident that I’d read about.”
“There’s a wonderful saying, which is, it takes a village to raise a child. And within that kind of complexity … it’s kind of like, maybe we’re all accountable.”