Jordan Peterson

Psychologist, cultural commentator

Contemporary influential 121 sayings

Sayings by Jordan Peterson

The idea that women have been oppressed for centuries is an insult to the women who lived and suffered and died during those centuries.

2018 — Interview with Cathy Newman, Channel 4 News
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The people who are pushing this notion that gender is a social construct, they’re doing it to destabilize the fundamental elements of society.

2016 — Speech at the University of Toronto
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I think that the idea that men are inherently tyrannical is a very dangerous idea, and it's also a very destructive idea, and it's also a very inaccurate idea.

2017 — Interview with Dave Rubin
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There's no such thing as a female genius. There are female geniuses in very specific domains, but there's no female genius in the general sense.

2017 — Q&A at the University of Toronto
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The idea that you're going to equalize outcome is a pathological idea. It's an idea that's driven by resentment and envy.

2018 — Interview with Mikhaila Peterson
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The radical left, they're not interested in equality of opportunity, they're interested in equality of outcome, and that's a very different thing.

2016 — Speech at the University of Toronto
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If you're a man, you have a responsibility to be a monster, and to control that monster.

2017 — Lecture on Maps of Meaning
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The idea that we should be trying to dismantle hierarchies is a terrible idea. Hierarchies are necessary for complex systems to function.

2017 — Interview with Dave Rubin
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The idea that all cultures are equally valid is a very dangerous idea. Some cultures are clearly better than others.

2017 — Q&A at the University of Toronto
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There's nothing more dangerous than an incompetent man. And there's nothing more dangerous than an incompetent man who's also resentful.

2017 — Lecture on Maps of Meaning
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The idea that masculinity is inherently toxic is a very destructive idea, and it's also a very inaccurate idea.

2018 — Interview with Mikhaila Peterson
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The postmodernists, they're trying to dismantle everything, and they don't have any idea what they're going to put in its place.

2016 — Speech at the University of Toronto
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The idea that you can just choose your gender is a very strange idea. It's not based in biological reality.

2018 — Interview with Cathy Newman, Channel 4 News
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The feminist movement has gone too far. It's become a radical, anti-male movement.

2017 — Q&A at the University of Toronto
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The idea that you can just be whatever you want to be is a very dangerous idea. You have to face the reality of your limitations.

2017 — Lecture on Maps of Meaning
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The idea that there's no such thing as truth, that it's all just power, is a very dangerous idea.

2017 — Interview with Dave Rubin
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The universities have become hotbeds of radical left-wing ideology.

2016 — Speech at the University of Toronto
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The idea that all inequality is due to oppression is a very simplistic and inaccurate idea.

2018 — Interview with Mikhaila Peterson
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The idea that you can just tear down tradition and replace it with something better is a very naive idea.

2017 — Lecture on Maps of Meaning
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The idea that empathy is the highest virtue is a very dangerous idea. Sometimes you have to be tough.

2017 — Q&A at the University of Toronto
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