Sacked Eton teacher Andrew Tate has tapped into 'malaise'
Eton teacher who was sacked for refusing to take down YouTube lecture questioning ‘toxic masculinity’ warns Andrew Tate has tapped into ‘malaise’
- Will Knowland was sacked from Eton over controversial masculinity teaching
- He is seeking to take the £46,000-a-year school to an employment tribunal
- Mr Knowland says his teachings have been vindicated by the rise of Andrew Tate
A former Eton teacher who was sacked in 2021 over a controversial video which appeared to argue against toxic masculinity has said influencer Andrew Tate has tapped into young men’s ‘malaise’ due to current teaching.
Will Knowland, 37, was removed from his role at the prestigious £46,000-a-year Berkshire school and referred to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) after refusing to take down a lecture challenging the theory of ‘toxic masculinity’ from YouTube.
The English teacher, now an online tutor, made the video for his students called The Patriarchy Paradox, which claimed that women would revert to a primitive life without men and stated that ‘male aggression is a biological fact’.
He now says his lecture has been justified by multiple societal issues, chiefly the following of Andrew Tate, 36, who is currently in prison in Romania on suspicion of sex trafficking charges.
Tate and his younger brother Tristan have been held in custody since December 29, when they were arrested over allegations of rape, human trafficking and setting up an organised crime group.
Will Knowland, 37, was removed from his role at the prestigious £46,000-a-year Berkshire school and referred to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) after refusing to take down a lecture challenging the theory of ‘toxic masculinity’
He claims his teachings have been vindicated by the rise of influencers such as Andrew Tate (pictured)
They are being held alongside Luana Radu, 32 – a former police officer in Bucharest – and Georgiana Naghel, 28 – a model believed to have been dating Tate for almost a year. The two models are being held in house arrest.
Tate became the most-Googled person last year after his long tirades, many against women and feminism, earned him a cult-like following among mainly young men.
Mr Knowland now says Tate has tapped into a ‘malaise’ among young men he claims is the result of teaching in schools.
Speaking to the Times, he said: ‘In a properly functioning education system, that’s giving them really robust messaging about what it means to be a man, they would have antibodies to fight off the sick messaging that Tate is giving.
‘All they see is the guy who’s got a Bugatti and joking about telling women to make him a sandwich.’
He continued: ‘Chivalry is the thing that we’re missing today and it’s become deformed and turned into machismo, which is masculinity without any sense of humility or meekness… some of the problems that Tate is addressing, things like men should be assertive, men should be competitive, men should be strong, etcetera, chivalry agrees with.
‘But chivalry says, “Why do they need to be those things?” Because it’s to serve the weak, not themselves.’
Mr Knowland’s lecture is still available online, and quotes a Marie Claire article which quoted a woman as overwhelmed by the ‘sheer power of her husband’s masculinity in the bedroom.’
The TRA, part of the Department for Education, has the power to impose lifetime classroom bans on teachers, and ruled that Knowland’s case ‘should be closed with no further action’.
He is now taking Eton to an employment tribunal and has raised more than £100,000 online to do so.
But it is not the only time Mr Knowland has faced controversy.
In September 2021, he came under fire after posting an anti-Semitic video in which an interviewee claims Jews were behind the rise of pornography.
Andrew Tate is currently in prison in Romania along with his brother on suspicion of offences related to sex trafficking
Read more: Imprisoned ‘toxic influencer’ Andrew Tate berates fans who are doing less than he is in his jail cell after boasting he does 500 press-ups and walks 10km in the tiny room
Dr E Michael Jones, an American writer, refers to the ‘Jewish Gestapo’ in the 52-minute interview.
During the exchange, Dr Jones said: ‘So if you’re talking about, concretely, the rise of pornography in the 20th century, you have to talk about Hollywood, and you have to talk about the Jews. The Jews were always behind pornography.’
Two weeks ago the devout Catholic posted a video denouncing evolution called ‘Eight facts that killed evolution for me’.
He also recently posted a video blaming the contraceptive pill for male issues, titling it ‘How the PILL made men effeminate’.
He is also an outspoken gender critic, who opposes the concept of transgenderism.
He told the Times that women ‘haven’t got safe spaces to go to a swimming pool’, but said transgender people should not be subject to transphobia.
However his argument for this was that people should not be bullied ‘because they’ve got a mistaken idea that they are a woman’.
His latest comments on Andrew Tate come after the influencer continues to make videos and respond to letters from fans from his jail cell.
He this week revealed his strict daily routine while in prison, which includes 500 press-ups and walking 10km around his cell.
Tate, 36, shared an insight into his daily routine today while simultaneously berating fans who he believes are lagging behind and not putting enough effort into their lives.
Will Knowland was removed from his role at the prestigious Berkshire private school after posting a lecture on Youtube challenging so-called modern feminist views about ‘toxic masculinity’
The lecture, in which the English teacher quoted an article saying women wanted to be ‘overwhelmed by the sheer power of masculinity’, was prepared for older pupils at the school (pictured)
‘If my days in this cell are more productive than yours, you should be furious with yourself,’ he said. ‘It means you are failing.
‘How will you ever reach greatness when you do not even outperform a man in a jail cell? Work harder. You cannot afford to fail any longer.’
The Tate brothers have repeatedly asked to be released from prison pending further investigation but, so far, Romanian courts have kept them in custody.
A judge granted a further 30-day extension to the detention order earlier this week amid concerns he is too dangerous to be released.
Tate claims he is ‘being held in custody to make me mentally ill’ and claimed his detention was part of a ploy to make him ‘succumb’.
On Saturday morning he issued a tweet claiming to have been visited by a ghost in his cell.
He said: ‘I was awoken last night by an icy chill and identified a ghost in my prison cell.
‘He was terrified and begged me not to annihilate him. I sent him back to hell with a message for the demons.
‘I am always ready.’
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