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NEWS OCTOBER 8, 2017

Jordan Peterson: “I don’t think that

men can control crazy women”
U of T psychology prof says he's "defenceless" against "female insanity"

By Tom Yun

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U of T psychology professor Jordan Peterson has released a nearly two

hour-long discussion with Camille Paglia, a professor at the University of

the Arts in Philadelphia. In the video, Peterson says that men can’t control

“crazy women” because men are not allowed to physically fight them.

The interview was uploaded to his YouTube channel on October 2 and was

reported on five days later by Canadian news outlet Press Progress.

Approximately 30 minutes into the video, Peterson and Paglia begin

discussing societal gender roles. After the 37-minute mark of the video,

Peterson claims that there is an “underlying threat of physicality” in “real

conversations” between men which “keeps the things civilized to some

degree.”

“Here’s the problem, I know how to stand up to a man who’s unfairly

trespassed against me and the reason I know that is because the

parameters for my resistance are quite well-defined, which is: we talk, we

argue, we push, and then it becomes physical. If we move beyond the

boundaries of civil discourse, we know what the next step is,” he claims.
“That’s forbidden in discourse with women and so I don’t think that men

can control crazy women. I really don’t believe it.”

Regarding the necessity of the “underlying threat of physicality,” Peterson

says, “If you’re talking to a man who wouldn’t fight with you under any

circumstances whatsoever, then you’re talking to someone to whom you

have absolutely no respect.”

Peterson also offers an example in which he claims that a female activist

organized a movement against him and compared him to Nazis. “I’m

defenceless against that kind of female insanity because the techniques

that I would use against a man who was employing those tactics are

forbidden to me,” he says.

Peterson concludes that “sane women” should “stand up against their crazy

sisters.”

The U of T psychology professor made headlines last fall after releasing a

video criticizing gender-neutral pronouns and Bill C-16, a federal bill that

protects against discrimination based on gender identity and expression.

Peterson is currently on sabbatical and not teaching classes at U of T.

The Varsity has reached out to U of T media relations and Peterson for

comment.

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