Jordan Peterson
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You've had a very successful career and I'm kind of curious about how you've balanced your life and your work and how that's worked for you and what advice you would give young women who are apparently struggling quite radically.
Now, young men have their problems and there's no doubt about that, but I think it's something in the neighborhood of 50 to 60% of liberal young women in particular between the ages of 18 and 34 who are who suffer from at least one diagnosable mental disorder, for example.
Now, young men have their problems and there's no doubt about that, but I think it's something in the neighborhood of 50 to 60% of liberal young women in particular between the ages of 18 and 34 who are who suffer from at least one diagnosable mental disorder, for example.
Now, young men have their problems and there's no doubt about that, but I think it's something in the neighborhood of 50 to 60% of liberal young women in particular between the ages of 18 and 34 who are who suffer from at least one diagnosable mental disorder, for example.
And polls show pretty consistently that since the 1960s, the average self-reported happiness of young women in particular has declined and quite precipitously. So let's start with that.
And polls show pretty consistently that since the 1960s, the average self-reported happiness of young women in particular has declined and quite precipitously. So let's start with that.
And polls show pretty consistently that since the 1960s, the average self-reported happiness of young women in particular has declined and quite precipitously. So let's start with that.
Yeah, well, it's not surprising, I suppose, that boys are turning in that direction. You know, I met a young man in a restaurant a while back. He wasn't looking too bad when he approached me. He was a waiter, and he said that he had started listening to first Ben Shapiro and then me six years ago, something like that, and that prior to that,
Yeah, well, it's not surprising, I suppose, that boys are turning in that direction. You know, I met a young man in a restaurant a while back. He wasn't looking too bad when he approached me. He was a waiter, and he said that he had started listening to first Ben Shapiro and then me six years ago, something like that, and that prior to that,
Yeah, well, it's not surprising, I suppose, that boys are turning in that direction. You know, I met a young man in a restaurant a while back. He wasn't looking too bad when he approached me. He was a waiter, and he said that he had started listening to first Ben Shapiro and then me six years ago, something like that, and that prior to that,
It was his proclivity and his friends to compete with one another with regard to their victim status, let's say, and to present themselves as radically feminized to the young women that, in principle, they were with. He said that was necessary.
It was his proclivity and his friends to compete with one another with regard to their victim status, let's say, and to present themselves as radically feminized to the young women that, in principle, they were with. He said that was necessary.
It was his proclivity and his friends to compete with one another with regard to their victim status, let's say, and to present themselves as radically feminized to the young women that, in principle, they were with. He said that was necessary.
with the girl he had dated at one point because she was very radically liberal and that was a job requirement, you might say, and he shook all that off and told me and my wife, who was sitting with me, that he was much happier for it. But it doesn't really surprise me, Megan, because Boys are not well served in the education system at all, right?
with the girl he had dated at one point because she was very radically liberal and that was a job requirement, you might say, and he shook all that off and told me and my wife, who was sitting with me, that he was much happier for it. But it doesn't really surprise me, Megan, because Boys are not well served in the education system at all, right?
with the girl he had dated at one point because she was very radically liberal and that was a job requirement, you might say, and he shook all that off and told me and my wife, who was sitting with me, that he was much happier for it. But it doesn't really surprise me, Megan, because Boys are not well served in the education system at all, right?
Their play preferences, I was just reviewing some stats on ADHD over medication among young boys with one of my producers and what, The original hypothesis, such as it was with regards to hypothetically hyperactive boys, was that stimulants, which is what Ritalin is, have a paradoxical effect on hyperactive young boys, calming them down.
Their play preferences, I was just reviewing some stats on ADHD over medication among young boys with one of my producers and what, The original hypothesis, such as it was with regards to hypothetically hyperactive boys, was that stimulants, which is what Ritalin is, have a paradoxical effect on hyperactive young boys, calming them down.
Their play preferences, I was just reviewing some stats on ADHD over medication among young boys with one of my producers and what, The original hypothesis, such as it was with regards to hypothetically hyperactive boys, was that stimulants, which is what Ritalin is, have a paradoxical effect on hyperactive young boys, calming them down.
And that's complete bloody biochemical nonsense, and it's a lie psychologically. What stimulants do is focus people intently on whatever they happen to be focused on. And they have exactly the same effect on ordinary boys as they do on hyperactive boys, not least because 90% or 95% of hyperactive boys are actually normal. Stimulants suppress play behavior in animals.