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Jordan Peterson

2019-08-11T22:03:27Z

Tom Voltz:

Jordan Peterson is a highly experienced professor of psychology as well as being a clinical psychologist, having spent more than 20 years as a clinical and teaching phycologist. At the time of writing (5/2019) he is a lecturer at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Peterson specialises in Psychopharmacology, Abnormal Psychology, Neurology, Social Performance, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, as well as Religious Psychology and Creativity along with, more relevantly to his current work, the psychology of Ideology, Personality and Politics.

Peterson's work has been cited in academic papers more than 8,000 times and he has written or been co-author on more than a hundred academic papers and is highly regarded in his field.

Peterson came to prominence in the media over his supposed "refusal" to use gender neutral pronouns. This was something of an inaccurate description and reporting on his stance was particularly poorly covered in general. He did not in fact refuse to use gender neutral pronouns as was widely reported but instead was protesting the fact that with bill C-16, the Canadian government was in fact compelling speech.

This first came to the attention of the media after 27/9/2016 when Peterson released the first in a series of video lectures entitled "Professor against political correctness: Part I: Fear and the Law". In that lecture, he stated that he refused to use gender neutral pronouns on the grounds that his speech was being compelled by law, something that had never before been done in any western government, nor in the entire history of English Common Law and was furthermore something that he was vehemently opposed to. Bill C-16, which proposed to add "gender identity or expression" to the list of prohibited discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act, and to similarly expand the definitions of promoting genocide and publicly inciting hatred in the Criminal Code. Bill C-16 did subsequently pass and is now law in Canada, although Professor Peterson has not (yet) been prosecuted for his views but his objections have not gone unpunished. For example In April 2017, Peterson was denied a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant for the first time in his career, a development which he interpreted as retaliation for his statements regarding Bill C-16.

As of the date of writing, Peterson has published 2 books. The first, "Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief " in 1999 and his latest book "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" in 2018. On the back of "12 Rules for Life", he has conducted speaking tours of the US, UK, and Australia, as well as several other western nations, usually to sold out audiences.

Bill C-16 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Act_to_amend_the_Canadian_Human_Rights_Act_and_the_Criminal_Code

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Jordan Peterson

2019-05-02T23:49:38Z

Tom Voltz:

[[Category:Biographies]]
Jordan Peterson is a highly experienced professor of psychology as well as being a clinical psychologist, having spent more than 20 years as a clinical and teaching phycologist. At the time of writing (5/2019) he is a lecturer at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Peterson specialises in Psychopharmacology, Abnormal Psychology, Neurology, Social Performance, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, as well as Religious Psychology and Creativity along with, more relevantly to his current work, the psychology of Ideology, Personality and Politics.

Peterson's work has been cited in academic papers more than 8,000 times and he has written or been co-author on more than a hundred academic papers and is highly regarded in his field.

Peterson came to prominence in the media over his supposed "refusal" to use gender neutral pronouns. This was something of an inaccurate description and reporting on his stance was particularly poorly covered in general. He did not in fact refuse to use gender neutral pronouns as was widely reported but instead was protesting the fact that with bill C-16, the Canadian government was in fact compelling speech.

This first came to the attention of the media after 27/9/2016 when Peterson released the first in a series of video lectures entitled "Professor against political correctness: Part I: Fear and the Law". In that lecture, he stated that he refused to use gender neutral pronouns on the grounds that his speech was being compelled by law, something that had never before been done in any western government, nor in the entire history of English Common Law and was furthermore something that he was vehemently opposed to. Bill C-16, which proposed to add "gender identity or expression" to the list of prohibited discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act, and to similarly expand the definitions of promoting genocide and publicly inciting hatred in the Criminal Code. Bill C-16 did subsequently pass and is now law in Canada, although Professor Peterson has not (yet) been prosecuted for his views but his objections have not gone unpunished. For example In April 2017, Peterson was denied a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant for the first time in his career, a development which he interpreted as retaliation for his statements regarding Bill C-16.

As of the date of writing, Peterson has published 2 books. The first, "Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief " in 1999 and his latest book "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" in 2018. On the back of "12 Rules for Life", he has conducted speaking tours of the US, UK, and Australia, as well as several other western nations, usually to sold out audiences.

Tom Voltz

2019-04-28T06:34:32Z

Tom Voltz:

Tom Voltz (aka tvsinesperanto) is an Australian [[MRA]] who has been active in the Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane areas since 2012. He is co-founder of [[Men's Rights Sydney]] and [[Men's Rights Australia]] and has been active in the Australian Men's Rights Community since 2012.

Tom had been purple pill since his teenage years but began to investigate sites that ran counter to the mainstream feminist narrative after his daughter was born in 2009. Between 2009 and when his son was born in 2011, Tom spent a lot of time looking into various MRA, MGTOW and PUA sites, many of which he found to be distasteful for one or more reasons. Eventually he found A Voice For Men and, prompted by the contents of that site, started to do a lot of research on the peer reviewed data that is available on gender issues. Once he felt that he was sufficiently informed about men's issues (which took him approximately 2 to 3 years) he started to become active in the Men's Rights community.

His interest in the Men's Rights Movement was motivated mostly by his concern for his kids. His primary concern was that he saw the direction that society was heading in when it comes to gender politics and did not like it one bit. He did not want his kids to grow up in a world where his daughter was brainwashed into believing that she was a perpetual victim of the "Patriarchy" and his son was automatically deemed to be a violent, evil, oppressive proto-rapist simply because he is male.

In 2012 Tom reached out via the AVFM Forums in an effort to contact any MRAs in the Sydney region that might be willing to form a Men's Rights Group in Sydney and meet on a regular basis. This put him in contact with Adrian Johnson (Imdefender) who had previously tried something similar several months earlier to no avail and enthusiastically agreed to meet.

At their first meeting in 2012, Men's Rights Sydney (MRS) was formed.

Tom has written the bulk of articles available on the Men's Rights Sydney and Men's Rights Australia sites and several have also been published on A Voice For Men.

In 2017 Tom was a volunteer worker at [[ICMI17]] on the Gold Coast.

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Tom Voltz

2019-04-26T10:35:20Z

Tom Voltz:

Tom Voltz (aka tvsinesperanto) is an Australian [[MRA]] who has been active in the Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane areas since 2012. He is co-founder of [[Men's Rights Sydney]] and [[Men's Rights Australia]] and has been active in the Australian Men's Rights Community since 2012.

Tom had been purple pill since his teenage years but began to investigate sites that ran counter to the mainstream feminist narrative after his daughter was born in 2009. Between 2009 and when his son was born in 2011, Tom spent a lot of time looking into various MRA, MGTOW and PUA sites, many of which he found to be distasteful for one or more reasons. Eventually he found A Voice For Men and, prompted by the contents of that site, started to do a lot of research on the peer reviewed data that is available on gender issues. Once he felt that he was sufficiently informed about men's issues (which took him approximately 2 to 3 years) he started to become active in the Men's Rights community.

His interest in the Men's Rights Movement was motivated mostly by his concern for his kids. His primary concern was that he saw the direction that society was heading in when it comes to gender politics and did not like it one bit. He did not want his kids to grow up in a world where his daughter was brainwashed into believing that she was a perpetual victim of the "Patriarchy" and his son was automatically deemed to be a violent, evil, oppressive photo-rapist simply because he is male.

In 2012 Tom reached out via the AVFM Forums in an effort to contact any MRAs in the Sydney region that might be willing to form a Men's Rights Group in Sydney and meet on a regular basis. This put him in contact with Adrian Johnson (Imdefender) who had previously tried something similar several months earlier to no avail and enthusiastically agreed to meet.

At their first meeting in 2012, Men's Rights Sydney (MRS) was formed.

Tom has written the bulk of articles available on the Men's Rights Sydney and Men's Rights Australia sites and several have also been published on A Voice For Men.

In 2017 Tom was a volunteer worker at ICMI'17 on the Gold Coast.

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Online Abuse

2019-04-25T10:41:16Z

Tom Voltz: Created page with "In general there are 2 basic claims made by feminists when it comes to the topic of online abuse or harassment. There are... 1) Women are more frequently targeted than men..."

In general there are 2 basic claims made by feminists when it comes to the topic of online abuse or harassment.

There are...

1) Women are more frequently targeted than men

and

2) Women are affected more by the abuse or harassment that they receive.

However, It is in fact [https://www.pewinternet.org/2017/07/11/experiencing-online-harassment/ MEN that receive more online harassment than women], both in total (by at least 7%), as well as in all but 2 of the categories listed and even then by only a slim margin (Stalking by 2% and Sexual Harassment by 4%).

As for the question of who is affected more by the online abuse that they receive, it does seem that women, even though they are less likely to receive online abuse and harassment than men, are bothered by it more than men when it does occur. While men tend to shrug off these sort of comments, women appear to be heavily affected, according to [https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/11/amnesty-reveals-alarming-impact-of-online-abuse-against-women/ Amnesty International], resulting in "stress, anxiety, or panic attacks.".

However, "Why is this the case?" is surely the salient question here and furthermore, why is the onus on the responder to tip-toe around the sensibilities of the female poster when they have no such concerns regarding the offence that their post may cause for those that have read it? Surely the mature, adult, approach is to either stop reading the so-called "abusive" replies or comments, abstain from posting anything potentially inflammatory, or to simply refuse to allow the comments to bother you. Just like men (in general) do.

As already mentioned, men get far more online abuse than women and the vast majority seem to be able to take it in their stride. However if Feminists are to be believed, most women simply crumble in the face of harsh criticism or rude language and are also far more likely to characterise robust debate as "hateful" or "threatening".

Are women strong independent adults or are they poor helpless victims who fold like cheap umbrellas when somebody strongly (and perhaps impolitely) disagrees with their opinion online? Or maybe they are just so used to having people defer to them that when someone finally refuses to do so, they just can't handle it and see it as harassment? Are women really that fragile? If so, should we be allowing them to run Fortune 500 companies and represent the public in the rough and tumble world of politics?

Personally, I don't believe that women are as fragile as all that. This is, in most cases, merely a calculated tactic designed to elicit sympathy and demonise their idealogical opponents.

So suck it up buttercup! Everyone who expresses an opinion online gets harsh comments from their opposition and men get more of it than women. If indeed women ARE bothered by these harsh comments, I'd advise them to simply suck it up or stop posting inflammatory opinions, just like men do.

Because women CAN do anything men can do, right?

Infanticide

2019-04-24T16:39:03Z

Tom Voltz: Created page with "[https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/children-most-often-killed-mothers Statistics_on_Infanticide_and_Male_DV_Victims_in_New_Zealand]"

[https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/children-most-often-killed-mothers Statistics_on_Infanticide_and_Male_DV_Victims_in_New_Zealand]

Tom Voltz

2019-04-09T14:10:34Z

Tom Voltz:

Tom Voltz is an Australian [[MRA]] who has been active in the Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane areas since 2012.

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Tom Voltz

2019-04-09T14:09:58Z

Tom Voltz:

Tom Voltz is an Australian {{MRA}} who has been active in the Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane areas since 2012.

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Tom Voltz

2019-04-09T14:07:50Z

Tom Voltz: Created page with "Tom Voltz is an Australian Men's Rights Activists who has been active in the Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane areas since 2012. Category:Biographies"

Tom Voltz is an Australian Men's Rights Activists who has been active in the Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane areas since 2012.

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