'Kids are isolated from each other but joined by screens that then connect them to toxic cultures'

The British Netflix British drama acclaimed by criticism and very popular “adolescence” offers a new generation of narration with very stimulating themes that force viewers to question many things about the world in which we live and the values ​​that we have embraced without giving a lot of reflection. To offer an in -depth perspective of the recurring theme of toxic masculinity, the Souza delano of France 24 is happy to welcome Jack Halberstam, famous author, professor of gender and English studies and director of the research institute on women, gender and sexuality; David Feinson Professor of Human Sciences. Halberstam says teenagers do not need to be managed. Parents must be more in tune with the “messages of culture which are distributed through all the banal networks that we know, whether it is social media or news platforms”, currency with contradictory information on culture. Halberstam warns us that the dangers we face are just before our eyes. These are often social and cultural norms that we do not tend to question, we simply accept it as it is, of the “potentially dangerous” nuclear model “and outdated and the resurgence of patriarchal culture with” authoritarian capitalism and toxic masculinity “supplied by Christianity fundamentalism. Halberstam slams social media platforms “out of control” managed by plutocrats and billionaires. Whatever age, Halberstam warns that we have to free ourselves from the suffocating grip of social media.