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“Adolescence” Episode Three: The Incel Wake-Up Call Netflix Gave Women
Mothers of boys and lovers of men: take heed
Netflix recently aired a British crime drama that moved me emotionally as a British mother to a pre-teen boy. It was created in response to the and, in particular, crimes against women and young girls by those who identify as male.
The BBC has reported that:
“Across England and Wales, excluding Greater Manchester, there were around 50,500 offences involving a sharp instrument recorded in the year ending March 2024. This was 4.4% higher than in 2022/23 and 2.8% lower than in 2019/20” — (2025)
The writers Jack Thone and Stephan Graham “Adolescence” in response to Incel, Red Pill, Andrew Tate, and Kevin Samuels et al’s messages and their influence and role in the murders of and , two British schoolgirls murdered by British schoolboys. The questions I was left with once the final credits rolled across my screen were, who is this a message for? Or, who is this a wake-up call for?
After watching the main protagonist — thirteen year old Jamie Miller — placed under the microscope of the Metropolitan Police and a child psychologist…
