Clinical psychologist Dr Jordan Peterson says “all the data shows” women like men who are strong and confident.

“Plus everyone knows it,” Dr Peterson told Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan.

Dr Peterson said he believes he has received criticism for this stance because it “annoys narcissistic women” and people who think there are “no biological or cultural limits on how we manifest our behaviours”.

“And also it frightens a large number of women because many women have never had a good relationship with anyone masculine in their life,” he said.