'*Adolescence* compellingly dramatizes masculinity as a
fragile construct, prone to collapsing into violence under the weight
of toxic influences. Yet, its strength as a visceral narrative is
tempered by a tendency to pathologize rather than dissect, presenting
male identity as a problem to be solved rather than a complexity to be
explored. For all its merits, the series might leave viewers questioning
whether it illuminates the crisis of modern boyhood or simply amplifies
a familiar alarm.'
By William Collins aka MRA-UK: There is no doubt that the Netflix series “Adolescence” is propaganda
rather than a responsible depiction of knife crime in the UK. In every
respect it is grossly misleading as regards the empirical evidence on
knife crime.
UK official stats tell us little or nothing about offenders in knife
crime cases, and nothing at all about whether the offenders against
female victims tend to be male or female.
In the first Appendix, below, I include what stats I could find, the key points being as follows.
About 8.7% of stabbing victims are female, about 13.1% of knife crime
offenders are female. Like other forms of non-domestic violence, knife
crime tends to be male-on-male.
