Between a bizarre intrusion from alt right figure Milo Yiannopoulos and a man who decided to abandon his approved question, and instead ask what people would think if he were wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ cap, it was easy to miss the words of a stay at home mother, directed at international guest Dr Jordan Peterson.
“Do you believe full time stay at home mothers are valued in today’s society?” Tarryn Batten asked the panel.
“As a stay at home mother myself, I don’t feel valued by wider society, as most of what I hear focuses on women getting back to work as soon as possible…
“Nothing is said about why staying at home to care for your children is beneficial for society,” she remarked.
Watch Jordan Peterson’s response on last night’s episode of Q&A. Post continues…
Peterson, most often described as a voice for lost young men, agreed without hesitation.
When his wife, who was the primary carer for their two children, would go to restaurants, “she was treated with less respect than if the kids had not been with her,” he said.
And that’s when Peterson took perhaps his most controversial stance of the night.
“We do an awful lot of lying to women in society,” he said, by telling them that “career is the most important thing in life.”
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I just want to know what happens to women who have taken 10 or 15 years out of the workforce and their marriages fall apart. What then?? It is imperative that women stay in the workforce as long as possible even just for financial purposes and superannuation.
..."she was treated with less respect than if the kids had not been with her,” he said. What does that even mean? Would she be treated with more respect if she had kids with her? How did the restaurant know she had kids at all? Did he mean she was treated with less respect because she had kids with her? What a confusing man. No wonder the right love him. He's full of crap.
Maybe you should listen to how he has addressed this ad nauseum in other interviews, and you would agree with him wholeheartedly (unless you're one of those 3rd wavers who believe that woman shouldn't value motherhood ahead of their career).
He was relating anecdotes about when he would go out to dinner with his wife both with and without the kids. This was stated clearly on the show.
" Did he mean she was treated with less respect because she had kids with her?" Yes, that's exactly it. See? Not complicated.
Really, if the above was that confusing to you, you should probably have a lie down.