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Third of teachers report misogynistic behaviour from pupils in last week 

A majority (61%) of teachers who have been teaching for at least five years said they had seen increases in misogynistic behaviour among pupils since they started teaching

More than a third of secondary teachers have reported misogynistic behaviour from pupils at their school in the last week, while 40% said they felt ill-equipped to handle this conduct, according to a survey commissioned by BBC News.The BBC surveyed 6,000 secondary school teachers about their experiences of misogyny in the classroom by using the survey tool Teacher Tapp.

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