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Lad culture also Laddish culture is a subculture commonly associated with Britpop music of the 1990s and the BBC TV sitcom, Men Behaving Badly.^[1] Stereotyped for mainly males it also involves a liking for alcoholic beverages (especially lager), football, fast cars and men's magazines such as Loaded, Maxim and FHM.^[2][3]

Recent work on 'laddish' cultures in secondary schools has suggested that 'core' features of 'laddishness' include popularity and going out or ‘hanging around’ with mates; playing sport (mainly football); wearing the ‘right sorts’ of clothes; messing around and being funny; and, particularly importantly, not being seen to work hard at schoolwork ^[4].

The term Ladette refers to a female incarnation of the male 'lad' stereotype.^[2][5]

A combination of music, women, technology, drinking, football, smoking and rock 'n' roll define UK lads' culture. Lad culture may be considered a later, more brutal, incarnation of Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll.

Lad culture has been identified as a source of disorientation^[6] and depression^[1] in British youth.

A study of the architecture profession found that lad culture had a negative impact on women completing their professional education.^[7] Pundit Helen Wilkinson believes that lad culture has affected politics and decreased the ability of women to participate.^[8]

Ladette To Lady, a British reality based series about transformation of ladettes into real ladies at a boarding school.

1. ^ ^{a b} BBC Staff (17 October 1999) "Health: Lad culture blamed for suicides" BBC News London, England;
2. ^ ^{a b} Baldwin, Laura (20 July 2004) "Why It's time for the 'battle of the sexes' to end" The F-Word: contemporary UK feminism
3. ^ Jha, Alok (30 March 2006) "Lad culture corrupts men as much as it debases women" The Guardian Manchester, England;
4. ^ Jackson, C. (2006) Lads and Ladettes in School: Gender and a Fear of Failure. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
5. ^ "ladette" Urban Dictionary;
6. ^ BPS press office (28 June 2001) "Lad Culture and Boys' Confusion about Behaviour" New Release The British Psychological Society, Leicester, England ;
7. ^ Gates, Charlie (11 July 2003) "Lad culture forces women to quit: RIBA-funded study looks at reasons behind profession's high female drop-out rate" Building Design 1587: p. 3;
8. ^ Wilkinson, Helen. (August 7, 1998) "The day I fell out of love with Blair" New Statesman 127: pp. 9-10;