28. The Dangerous Truth Behind Netflix's Most Watched Show

What if a Netflix drama was shaping real government policy… based on a story that’s not even true?

Adolescence, a fictional show about a 13-year-old boy who stabs a girl after being exposed to online “manosphere” content, is now being discussed by the UK Prime Minister as something students should watch in school.But there’s one huge problem: the scenario has never actually happened in real life.

In this video, I break down what Adolescence gets dangerously wrong about young men, mental health, and online communities—and why building policy on fiction could do more harm than good.

If you’re a parent, educator, or just someone concerned about the next generation of boys, this is a conversation we need to be having.

Inside this episode:

• Why the show’s central premise has no grounding in real youth violence data

• How demonizing young men masks their actual mental health crisis

• The truth about incel, red pill, and manosphere communities (they’re not all the same)

• How moral panic is rewriting policy—and ignoring the root issues

• What boys really need: role models, real guidance, and someone to actually see them

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Timestamps

0:00 – Netflix’s Adolescence is influencing real policy

1:30 – What the show gets dangerously wrong

4:10 – The mental health crisis behind the incel panic

6:50 – Why manosphere communities aren’t all the same

9:30 – Bullying, labels, and how boys are really affected

12:00 – When moral panic becomes policy

14:20 – What young men actually need to thrive