There's a confusion over equal treatment versus equality of outcomes, he says. The wage gap difference is multi-factorial and must be taken into account. Men are more likely to work dangerous jobs that pay higher so you have to take that into account as well. He argues we can't force identical gender distribution outcomes through social engineering because that isn't what's producing them in the first place.
Join Michael Shermer and Jordan Peterson (bestselling author of 12 Rules for Life) for this extraordinary conversation based on Peterson’s new book Beyond Order. After working for decades as a clinical psychologist and a professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto, Peterson has become one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals. His YouTube videos and podcasts have gathered a worldwide audience of hundreds of millions, and his global book tour reached more than 250,000 people in major cities across the globe. What is it that gives Peterson’s message such mass appeal?