Jordan Peterson
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Jordan Bernt Peterson (born 1962) is a Canadian clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. His research interests include self-deception, mythology, religion, narrative, neuroscience, personality, deception, creativity, intelligence, and motivation.
Political correctness
On 27 September 2016, Peterson released the first part of a three-part lecture video series on political correctness. In the video, he objects to the Canadian government's Bill C-16, which proposes to add "gender identity or expression" as a prohibited ground of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act, as well to the list of identifiable groups against whom it is illegal to promote genocide or publicly incite hatred under the Criminal Code. His objection to the bill did not concern the LGBT discrimination legal debate, but rather the freedom of speech implications of C-16's other amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code, regarding their accommodation language. Furthermore, he argued that the new amendments paired with section 46.3 of the Ontario Human Rights Code would make it possible for "employers and organizations to be subject to punishment under the code if any employee or associate says anything that can be construed as 'directly or indirectly' offensive." Peterson further argues that it is necessary for people to recognize the importance of free speech and particularly free speech on college campuses.
Peterson has publicly stated that he will not use "non-binary pronouns" such as "zhe" in reference to others, and further addressed the differences between free speech and compelled speech in a December 2016 interview. In an interview about his stance on pronouns, Peterson stated that he would consider complying with a request from a "non-binary person" if he were asked in the right way.
On 29 June 2022, Peterson's Twitter account was suspended under the site's "hateful conduct policy" after posting a tweet misgendering and deadnaming transgender actor Elliot Page. Peterson said he was notified that he would be required to delete the tweet in order to restore access to his account, which he said he "would rather die than do". YouTube has demonetized two of Peterson's videos, one about his Twitter suspension and another video where he said gender-affirming care was "Nazi medical experiment-level wrong."
See also
- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
- Compelled speech
- Biological determinism
- Cordelia Fine
- Jim Jefferies air horns Christeen Elizabeth on a Comedy Central show (2018)
- Preferred gender pronoun
