Member-only story
Jordan Peterson and the Tragic Story of the Man-Child
What women despise in men
Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson made a recommendation for the best documentary he’s ever watched. This was the documentary “Crumb.”
I don’t know if it’s the best — but it’s certainly the most unforgettable.
It tells the story of a successful cartoonist named Robert Crumb, who escaped his mother’s obsessive oedipal control that consumes both his brothers' lives.
Crumb’s brother Charles lives at home obsessing over his high school yearbook, masturbating four to five times a week, and admits to his brother that he can’t get an erection anymore.
Charles killed himself shortly after the documentary was filmed. The final cut reveals that bit of information for the audience at the end. It’s horrifying.
Crumb” came out in 1995, but its message has multiplied. Men are children, and it’s killing us.
Today’s men can barely ask out a girl let alone work at a competent enough job to move out of their…