In addition to the protests by the teacher’s union. #TeachYouALesson is under fire again by Knets for the portrayal of Episode 3 of the drama. The drama handles a delinquent case every episode. The episode 3 in question broadly talks about how teachers suffer abuse by their students and are held hostage by them through the use of social media. It highlights a high school girl that is also a social media influencer that falsely accuses her male homeroom teacher of sexually assaulting her. This sparked a barrage of doxxing and harassment that led to the teacher k!lling himself.
The criticism is based on how this episode is not realistic or reflective of what happens in schools in SK. They said cases of grooming and sexual assault by male teachers are more likely to happen in schools than false sexual assault allegations, making it seem like this undermines the #MeToo movement. Their argument being how dangerous this narrative is considering SK and the real incel culture actually happening, calling out the drama more for the misogynist undertones of the plot.