▁Norden ' s ▁piece ▁was ▁also ▁subject ▁to ▁controvers y ▁and ▁criticism . ▁Most ▁not ably , ▁Van ▁Norden ' s ▁quot ation ▁and ▁criticism ▁of ▁Jordan ▁Pet erson ' s ▁prov oked ▁responses ▁from ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁publications . ▁Pet erson ▁himself ▁accused ▁Van ▁Norden ▁on ▁Twitter ▁of ▁mis re present ing ▁what ▁he ▁said . ▁The ▁online ▁publication ▁Camp us ▁Reform ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁rec ount ing ▁the ▁incident ▁written ▁by ▁T oni ▁A ira ks inen ▁provoc atively ▁titled ▁" Pro f ▁cher ry - p icks ▁Jordan ▁Pet erson ▁quotes ▁for ▁hit ▁piece ." ▁The ▁article ▁def ended ▁Pet erson , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁Van ▁Norden ▁misunder stood ▁Pet erson ' s ▁statements ▁about ▁men ▁having ▁no ▁respect ▁for ▁someone ▁they ▁can ' t ▁phys ically ▁fight . ▁A ira ks inen ▁arg ues ▁that ▁Pet erson ▁was ▁not ▁referring ▁to ▁relationships ▁men ▁have ▁with ▁women , ▁but ▁rather ▁the ▁relationships ▁that ▁men ▁have ▁with ▁other ▁men . ▁Con vers ely , ▁the ▁progress ive ▁" The ▁Major ity ▁Report ▁with ▁Sam ▁S eder " ▁uploaded ▁a ▁segment ▁def ending ▁Van ▁Norden ' s ▁article ▁and ▁air ing ▁the ▁video ▁where ▁Pet erson ▁made ▁the ▁remarks ▁that ▁Van ▁Norden ▁appropri ated ▁for ▁his ▁ess ay . ▁Also ▁def ending ▁Van ▁Norden ' s ▁opinion ▁piece ▁was ▁Professor ▁of ▁Writing ▁Kat ja ▁Th i eme ▁in ▁an ▁article ▁for ▁Py ris c ence ▁titled ▁" J ord an ▁Pet erson ▁and ▁Cit ational ▁Pract ice ." ▁In ▁her ▁article ▁Th