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I feel like the problem with the Peterson video on the previous page is that while there are perhaps one or two valid points touched upon he makes a lot of wide-ranging generalisations without doing anything to back them up at all, speaking in the sort of overly emotive tone he'd probably criticise opponents for using.
Academia is primarily left-leaning and will tend to take more liberal stances on most things, but that doesn't mean all men taking those academic subjects are being encouraged to think that they're all patriarchal oppressors who're evil. I do think he makes a fair point that when we're consider male privilege - or any variation thereof - it should be considered that to a lot of men who're fairly disillusioned or disadvantaged in their own social situations, the idea they're in any way privileged in probably going to seem silly and dismissive of any problems they do have. Naturally as a man I can appreciate there are certain societal benefits I receive others lack - but people tend not to like to be grouped into singular groups which are supposed to define their entire identity, and thus it's not always an ideal approach.
But still - he's largely blowing his own trumpet and is filled with his own self-important arrogance, telling others how people came up to him to say he'd changed their life as if he's some sort of fecking prophet instead of a guy with opinions, some of which are a bit controversial.
Academia is primarily left-leaning and will tend to take more liberal stances on most things, but that doesn't mean all men taking those academic subjects are being encouraged to think that they're all patriarchal oppressors who're evil. I do think he makes a fair point that when we're consider male privilege - or any variation thereof - it should be considered that to a lot of men who're fairly disillusioned or disadvantaged in their own social situations, the idea they're in any way privileged in probably going to seem silly and dismissive of any problems they do have. Naturally as a man I can appreciate there are certain societal benefits I receive others lack - but people tend not to like to be grouped into singular groups which are supposed to define their entire identity, and thus it's not always an ideal approach.
But still - he's largely blowing his own trumpet and is filled with his own self-important arrogance, telling others how people came up to him to say he'd changed their life as if he's some sort of fecking prophet instead of a guy with opinions, some of which are a bit controversial.