Jordan Peterson: Difference between revisions

Jordan Peterson has been very critical of incels who have committed violence, but he did give an affirmative nod to incels on the Joe Rogan podcast where he echoed a talking point earlier raised by various public intellectuals such as left-wing cultural critic [[Angela Nagle]], white nationalist [[Roger Devlin]], and American bishop Erastus Otis Haven<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=-kdWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA171&dq=%22Involuntary+celibacy,+or+celibacy+assumed+as+a+badge+of+a+class,+binding+its+members+against+matrimony,+has+proved+productive+of+great+evils.+This+is+a+great+error+of+that+sect+calling+itself+the+Roman+Catholic+Church.+History+abundantly+proves+...%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIiI2Az-TkAhXBUt8KHUJ3CqwQ6AEwAXoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Involuntary%20celibacy%2C%20or%20celibacy%20assumed%20as%20a%20badge%20of%20a%20class%2C%20binding%20its%20members%20against%20matrimony%2C%20has%20proved%20productive%20of%20great%20evils.%20This%20is%20a%20great%20error%20of%20that%20sect%20calling%20itself%20the%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church.%20History%20abundantly%20proves%20...%22&f=false</ref>, namely that "the breakdown of [[monogamy]] has strong correlation with inceldom".

Peterson also claimed that the overemphasis on women is destroying male cultural drive, and that humans need touch and a partner. Some critics of fairly high academic status have in response accused Peterson of being an incel himself (which is of course impossible because he has two kids).<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/16/leftist-prof-slams-incel-misogynist-jordan-peterson-as-white-nationalist-peterson-responds</ref>