πŸ“š 2 Books mentioned in "The Feminism Debate: Can Women Have It All? | Megyn Kelly | EP 552" of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Episode: The Feminism Debate: Can Women Have It All? | Megyn Kelly | EP 552

Published on June 2, 2025

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

Hansel and Gretel (First Edition) Cover

Hansel and Gretel (First Edition)

by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Rachel Louise Lawrence

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That's the story of Hansel and Gretle, right? They go out into the forest um chased there not chased there in part by um the fracturing of their family and they find a gingerbread house which is a little bit too good to be true, right?

Jordan Peterson uses the story of Hansel and Gretel as an example of how the maternal instinct can become devouring if it overextends its domain.

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Snow White Cover

Snow White

by The Brothers Grimm

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Um, I was looking at the Brothers Grim Snow White version recently because I went and saw the Disney Snow White version, which, you know, was exactly the sort of mistake that you'd think it would be, both to attend and to produce. And so, I want to just tell you a snippet of that story.

Jordan Peterson discusses the Brothers Grimm version of the Snow White story, analyzing its symbolism related to the evil queen, fertility suppression, and ordinary masculinity.

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