As a woman & mother, there is something fascinating — and frightening — about Jordan B. Peterson.

There’s something about Jordan B. Peterson that is fascinating.

And frightening.

When I read articles about him as a right-wing celebrity and being ‘the custodian of the patriarchy’, a climate change denier and faux scientist, and misogynic, I think,

“This guy is a crazy extremist.”

The descriptions of Peterson in these articles (and others like them) make him out to be extreme, hateful, and someone to be feared because he wants to keep us in a “male-dominated patriarchy” as part of a ‘men’s rights’ movement.

I don’t like ‘extremists’. I like to maintain a balanced perspective and to listen to those who also seem to have their feet firmly planted with broad, wholesome, charitable views of humanity and things as they really are.

I first came across Jordan Peterson when someone recommended 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.

I grew up in an extremely conservative, Christian background. My views have become more open as a result of traveling to 37 countries on five continents and reading hundreds of books in all genres (including religious texts such as the Quran, the…