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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

France to use UK drama Adolescence to teach teenagers about toxic masculinity

A poster for Adolescence on a bus shelter
A poster for Adolescence in a bus shelter in London in March. The series provoked debate around the world about online harms. Photograph: Mike Kemp/In Pictures/Getty Images

France has followed the UK and the Netherlands in allowing the Netflix drama Adolescence to be used in secondary schools as part of efforts to teach teenagers about toxic masculinity and online harms.

The French education ministry will offer schools five classes based on excerpts from the critically acclaimed mini-series, which has provoked a global debate about the impact on young boys of misogynistic content online and on social media.

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