“Feminism”: A War Against Women?

“I am a single college student with jobs but no set career. Unlike Newman, I cannot speak for anyone else, but I can say that I did not appreciate her representation of our sex.”

In her interview with Jordan Peterson, British journalist and Oxford graduate Cathy Newman intended to fight on behalf of women, but she actually demonstrated the degradation of feminism, and its internal war against women. The war is twofold:

1) Suppressing and shaming what (some) women truly want: a husband and family.

2) Pressuring women into areas they aren’t necessarily interested in: STEM fields, corporate positions, political spheres. Women tend to be more interested in people and relationships, whereas men tend sometimes to be more interested in accruing things like status and wealth.

The war is being waged at home and in the workplace, and Newman addresses both.

She opens the interview by criticizing Peterson for telling young men to, “Grow the hell up,” but he does so for the sake of young women and the health of society. Peterson was actually not talking exclusively to men; he was talking to young adults in general. And he was encouraging maturity for personal development and healthy relationships asking, “What sort of partner do you want? Do you want an overgrown child? Or do you want someone to contend with, who is going to help you?” The message may be considered critical and severe but not malevolent.