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Peterson claims early multiple-partner sex is a “reliable marker” of adolescent criminality

Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Why Your Resentment Is a Choice · August 9, 2026
Peterson claims early multiple-partner sex is a “reliable marker” of adolescent criminality
Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Why Your Resentment Is a Choice
"One of the most reliable markers of criminal proclivity in adolescence is early multiple partner sexual experience. So that's been known for 50 60 years independent of moral judgment. It's a clinical marker for antisocial personality for childhood conduct disorder."
Peterson tells the audience that psychologists have long treated early, multiple-partner sexual experience as a strong indicator of later criminal proclivity. He presents it as a clinical marker for antisocial personality and childhood conduct disorder, while arguing the claim is independent of moral judgement.
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August 10, 2026 · 1h 43m · 1 Egleze moments
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