Primary schools should teach boys what is unacceptable behaviour

Primary schools should teach boys what is unacceptable behaviour as part of whole-society approach to tackle misogyny, senior police officer says

  • NPCC lead for violence against women said prevention is key to end misogyny
  • She said schools should teach boys about what is inappropriate behaviour

Young boys should be taught what behaviour is unacceptable and about the consequences of sharing images on social media as part of a whole-society approach to end misogyny, a senior police officer has said.   

Maggie Blyth, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for violence against women and girls, said that primary schools must teach children about the repercussions of  ‘unchecked’ behaviour online and the presence of potential predators.     

She said she thought there was much more to be done at school in order to teach boys about the consequences of misogynistic behaviour. 

‘The exacerbated risk around Instagram and Snapchat, where behaviour goes on online that is unchecked — sharing of images, pornography, misogyny,’ she told The Times. 

Ms Blyth said various measures are also set to be put in place in police forces, including the introduction of domestic violence specialists alongside detectives in an attempt to ease the approach towards victims. 

Maggie Blyth, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for violence against women and girls

She said, however, that the problem is ‘much bigger than policing’ and needed a whole-society approach because forces alone cannot put an end to misogyny and violence. 

She added: ‘The bigger debate for society is around prevention. And how do we stop men and boys developing a [harmful] type of behaviour or attitude?’

The focus will therefore be placed on Department of Education, which is working with the NPCC to create a teaching package for schools. 

Following the recent distressing cases of rapist PC David Carrick and murderer PC Wayne Couzens, many women have lost their trust in the country’s police forces. 

Couzens, a serving Metropolitan Police officer, abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard in March 2021.

Earlier this year Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001 before becoming an armed officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009, was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years behind bars after admitting to 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape.


The recent cases of rapist and murderer PC Wayne Couzens (left), and rapist PC David Carrick (right) have led to public distrust in the police 

Ms Blyth said that members of police forces needed to be held to very high standards because of the power given to officers. 

She also said rigorous internal investigations must be in place as well as correct supervision on shifts.

Of male perpetrators who could be in policing roles, she said that they become adept at grooming behaviour, meaning they can manipulate a victim easily.  

‘Our job is to make sure they don’t get in, root them out when we do find them, and stop them ever coming back,’ she added.

 

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