Left's 'toxic masculinity' label to blame for male crisis?

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? HOW CAN WE FIX IT? WE HOPE THAT THIS SERIES EACH WEDNESDAY THIS MONTH ANSWERS THOSE QUESTIONS. JORDAN PETERSON IS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. HE'S WRITTEN A LOT ABOUT THE DECLINE OF MODERN MEN. WE SPOKE TO HIM RECENTLY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. WE'VE GOT A LONG LIST OF STATISTICS THAT PAINT A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE THAT BOYS SEEM TO BE FALLING BEHIND RELATIVE TO GIRLS. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? >> I THINK THAT'S PARTLY A CONSEQUENCE OF DIRECTIVE POLICY. IT'S LINKED TO THE IDEA THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MASCULINITY, SO THE EXPRESSION OF MASCULINITY SHOULD BE LIMITED IN ALL SORTS OF ARBITRARY WAYS. THE FACT THAT KIDS CAN'T REALLY PLAY AT SCHOOLS ANYMORE IS A MANIFESTATION OF THAT. THE FACT THAT MALE BEHAVIOR IS OFTEN DIAGNOSED AS ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER FOR EXAMPLE IS A MANIFESTATION OF THAT. THE ELIMINATION OF COMPETITION AS A VALID FORM OF HUMAN INTERACTION AND THE FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THAT COMPETITIVE SPORTS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE DEEPLY COOPERATIVE IN THEIR FUNDAMENTAL REGION AS LONG AS EVERYONE IS PLAYING BY THE RULES, OBVIOUSLY. SO THERE IS THAT. THAT'S A LARGE PART OF IT. >> Tucker: YOU SAYING THAT THERE IS AN ORGANIZED ATTEMPT TO DEEMPHASIZE MASCULINITY OR TO PUNISH MASCULINITY. WHY? >> BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO MISTAKE MASCULINE COMPETENCE FOR THE TYRANNY THAT HYPOTHETICALLY DRIVES THE PATRIARCHY. IT'S PART OF AN IDEOLOGICAL WORLDVIEW THAT SEES THE RISE OF MANKIND AS THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN WHICH IS A DREADFUL WAY OF LOOKING AT THE WORLD. A PATHOLOGICAL WAY OF LOOKING AT THE WORLD. IT'S NOT LIKE MEN AND WOMEN ALWAYS GET ALONG ANYMORE THAN MEN AND MEN GET ALONG OR WOMEN AND WOMEN FOR THAT MATTER. FUNDAMENTALLY, HUMAN HISTORY IS A COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE AND MEN AND WOMEN HAVE LIFTED THEMSELVES OUT OF THE MIRE OVER MILLENNIA IN THEIR COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR. TO DESCRIBE THAT AS SENTRIES OF THE OPPRESSION OF MEN -- OF WOMEN BY MEN IS ABSOLUTELY REPREHENSIBLE, IDEOLOGICAL REWRITE OF HISTORY. IT'S WHAT'S TAUGHT IN THE HUMANITIES AND MUCH OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITIES. IT'S TAKEN AS A FACT. >> Tucker: YOU'RE SAYING THIS HAS BAD CONSEQUENCES. >> HOW CAN YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT? IF YOU ARE MADE OUT TO BE A POTENTIAL MANIFESTATION OF RAPE CULTURE, IF YOU'RE COMPETITIVE DRIVE IS REGARDED AS PART OF A TYRANNICAL IMPULSE, IT'S THE HERITAGE TO WHICH YOU BELONG IS REGARDED AS AN OPPRESSIVE PATRIARCHY, THEN HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GOING TO STEP FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE AND SHOULDER THAT BURDEN? WHY WOULD YOU? WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST STEP ASIDE

Channel: Fox News

Views: 209,683

Rating: 4.8439937 out of 5

Keywords: Tucker Carlson Tonight, Tucker Carlson, Tucker Specials, Controversies, Education, Personal Freedoms, Values, Apple News, Media, Prime Time, On Air, Opinion, Personality, Primary Opinion, Special, US, Fox News, News, masculinity, men, america, toxic masculinity, women, feminism, social justice, men's issues, men's rights, gender equity, gender studies, Tucker, Men in America, Modern Men, Modern Man, American Men

Id: 68EiD_LzmWY

Length: 5min 39sec (339 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 07 2018

Reddit Comments

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Anyone else quelling the desire to end it all? Haven't seen my daughter in almost a year. This shit hits close to home.

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Am I the only one who thinks that Dr. Peterson didn’t seem to have that spark in this interview that he usually has.