August 9, 2026 — 1:30pm

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It’s 11am, bleak and eight degrees outside. A classroom packed with year 9 boys is asked what their biggest fear is.

“Women,” one student volunteers, “because they are mean.”

The answer lands in The Man Cave session, a male-focused mental health charity, with awkward laughter, but the subtext is heavy.

Australian schools are facing a “crisis due to rampant misogyny and sexism” fuelled by online influencers, with educators struggling to tackle it, experts say.

Cyber Safety expert Susan McLean said that while there are…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU