Teachers’ union leader calls for inquiry into misogyny among young men in UK

Daniel Kebede says the government must take on the big tech companies if it wants to resolve the problem. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

The leader of the UK’s largest education union has called for an independent inquiry into the rise of sexism and misogyny among boys and young men, saying it should not be left to parents and schools to police.

Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), said it was “a huge issue” in schools and expressed particular concern about the ease with which pupils are accessing aggressive hardcore pornography on their phones.