With just 35% of secondary teachers and 15% of primary teachers being men, it’s not misogyny but misandry in the classroom we need to worry about, says Joanna Gray. We have an education system designed by women for girls.
If young girls are being taught that even menstruation is someone else's responsibility, with schools handing out free tampons in 'Wellbeing Suites', what hope do they have for learning self-reliance, asks Joanna Gray.
Zack Polanski's claim that mass immigration is necessary because he "doesn't want to wipe someone's bum" is at least honest, says Joanna Gray. But the deeper problem is we now think care is the state's job.
Children born since 2010 barely have need to read and write, their phones making everything audible. Many assume this post-literate shift will be a disaster, but there are some upsides, says Joanna Gray.
No wonder standards of university education are sliding, says Joanna Gray. The admissions process is a festival of social engineering, with lower "contextual" offers made on the basis of sob-story "supporting information".
Women are being told it's "uncool" and "Republican" to have a boyfriend, with some even cropping out their partners' heads on holiday snaps. This is not going to help the birth rate or women's happiness, says Joanna Gray.
Too many people are afraid to speak up on issues like Net Zero and identity politics because they wrongly believe they're the only dissenters. Joanna Gray has some tips on how to beat the tyranny of 'common knowledge'.
The Government is floundering like a sulky teen, but tackling small wins – from tidying high streets to fixing DVLA chaos – could help rebuild its confidence, suggests Joanna Gray.
You wouldn't run schools without teachers. But the CofE tries to run churches without vicars. If new Archbishop Sarah Mullally has any sense she'll stamp out the church's reliance on volunteers, says Joanna Gray.
It's the season for the reverse ferret, the narrative whiplash – call it what you will, but everyone seems to be at it, says Joanna Gray. As the recantations roll in, how do we avoid making the same mistakes again?
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