I recommend anyone reading articles about Peterson actually read or listen to Peterson instead. I don’t agree with everything he says (like a lot of the religious-based theory), but is that a reason to discount him completely? The biggest issue with discourse today is that we throw away entire people because we don’t agree with one or two things they say.
I’ve disagreed with everything he’s ever said.
He’s been portrayed as an anti-Semite (despite lecturing extensively about the dangers of fascism as it relates to the Holocaust and the lessons to be learned from it),
Can’t speak to this. I know nothing about it.
a misogynist (despite presenting some of his most touching points while talking about how much he treasures his wife and daughter),
He says women that don’t want to be harassed are hypocrites if they wear makeup. He believes they’re responsible for procreating. He laments the fact that he can’t get away with hitting “crazy women” when they compare him to Nazis. He thinks “enforced monogamy” will stop mass shootings. There’s many more, but women have every reason to think that Peterson is not someone that has their interests at heart.
I stopped reading here, because this paragraph is nonsense.
He never said women are hypocrites for wearing makeup that I’ve seen. Can you point me to the text or interview? He had a frank discussion in the Vibe interview about beautification rituals and whether they belong in the workplace or not (and if I remember correctly, he basically said he didn’t know because men and women haven’t shared the workplace long enough to figure some of these things out).
I don’t know what you mean by “responsible for procreating”.
I’ve never heard him express a desire to hit women. Ever. I’m guessing you’re referencing his discussion with Camille Paglia where he goes into conflict dynamics between men and women, and how the methods men use to resolve conflict can’t be applied to women. He does bring up physical conflict as the ultimate means of conflict resolution and the fact that men don’t have that option with women in civilized society.
And I had to laugh out loud at the “enforced monogamy” bit, which seems to be the media’s current obsession in regards to Peterson-bashing. Enforced monogamy isn’t some state-mandated sex law. It’s a reference to cultural norms that have pushed humans away from typical natural selection (alpha males having access to most females while betas mostly don’t have access) toward monogamous relationships, such as marriage:
This is what happens when you allow yourself to be swayed by angry people with agendas instead of learning about things for yourself.
And honestly man, you’re so overwhelmingly negative about everything put in front of you, it’s hard to take a lot of what you post seriously. Sometimes I think generalfrevious is back.