I think there's a default amongst both the left and certain parts the right to regard kindness and empathy as feminine traits. This makes leftists feel all superior, because they think they're being feminist or empowering women by engaging in their performative altruism, while some in the manosphere tend to dismiss those qualities as unmasculine. Peterson at least simply acknowledges that men feel and express empathy and kindness in different ways than women do.
Women evolved to be communal, as females in primate social groups would always stick together while the males were out hunting and gathering, so they are genetically predisposed to lean on each other for emotional support, and often that can lead to a sort of circular cry-n-hug that never goes anywhere. Men evolved to internalize our emotional responses, and to deal with fear or loss by focusing on the next task, because that was how males survived trauma while off on their own.
It may sound odd coming from someone who, admittedly, doesn't have a high opinion of women, but their way of dealing with emotional stress is understandable from an evolutionary standpoint. The problem is that their inherent solipsism predisposes them to think that because men don't experience or express emotions in the same way they do, that that means there's something wrong with us. And feminism has enabled the psychology and therapy industry to pathologize male ways of emoting, while elevating women's ways of emoting to be the standard of what is normal.
I’m so sick of this idea that things like kindness and compassion are woke
I think there's a default amongst both the left and certain parts the right to regard kindness and empathy as feminine traits. This makes leftists feel all superior, because they think they're being feminist or empowering women by engaging in their performative altruism, while some in the manosphere tend to dismiss those qualities as unmasculine. Peterson at least simply acknowledges that men feel and express empathy and kindness in different ways than women do.
I've always been told (and first hand experience confirms it for me) that men want to solve problems, women just want to bitch.
So in general, men focus on getting shit done and moving on, women would rather sit around and cry together about an issue.
Women evolved to be communal, as females in primate social groups would always stick together while the males were out hunting and gathering, so they are genetically predisposed to lean on each other for emotional support, and often that can lead to a sort of circular cry-n-hug that never goes anywhere. Men evolved to internalize our emotional responses, and to deal with fear or loss by focusing on the next task, because that was how males survived trauma while off on their own.
It may sound odd coming from someone who, admittedly, doesn't have a high opinion of women, but their way of dealing with emotional stress is understandable from an evolutionary standpoint. The problem is that their inherent solipsism predisposes them to think that because men don't experience or express emotions in the same way they do, that that means there's something wrong with us. And feminism has enabled the psychology and therapy industry to pathologize male ways of emoting, while elevating women's ways of emoting to be the standard of what is normal.