Rice Purity Test
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The Rice Purity Test is a quiz containing 100 questions about one's sexual life, relationships and delinquent experiences. The taker is given a score ranging from 0 to 100 after selecting various applicable options from the list of questions, with a high score indicating higher "purity" and vice versa. The test was originally published in 1924 by the Rice Thresher, Texas Rice University's undergraduate newspaper, before it was published on the internet at RicePurityTest.com in 2012 and later trending online in the late 2010s and 2020s. Quizzes like the Rice Purity Test notably inspired similar trends like the Innocence Test in 2021 and 2022.
Origin
Purity tests are a common college and internet phenomenon, with Columbia University's The Jester reporting on a campus-wide "purity test" conducted at Barnard College in October 1935.[1] Other examples of Purity Tests circulated in colleges include a "Virtue Test" that was circulated at Indiana University in 1939 and a Unisex Purity Test from MIT that predates the 1980s.[2]
The original Rice Purity Test was first published in 1924 and was only given to women. The shorter test featured questions like "Have you ever been engaged and broken it?" as opposed to the more sexually charged questions shown in the latest version of the test. The questions “Have you ever cheated?” and “Have you ever been drunk?” survived from the original version of the test.[3]
By the 2000s, the Rice Purity Test had evolved into a standard orientation week practice for new undergraduate students at Rice University in Texas. In 2011, the Rice Thresher editors refused to publish the annual Rice Purity test on account of it containing references to non-consensual and homosexual sexual activities. An edited version of the test that removed such references was subsequently published in 2012 and remains hosted at RicePurityTest.com.[4]
According to an article published by the Rice Thresher on August 23rd, 2017, the official Rice Purity Test website saw over 1.5 million visits in 2017.[12]
The questions listed in the 2012-onward version of the test are as follows:
1. Held hands romantically?
2. Been on a date?
3. Been in a relationship?
4. Danced without leaving room for Jesus?
5. Kissed a non-family member?
6. Kissed a non-family member on the lips?
7. French kissed?
8. French kissed in public?
9. Kissed on the neck?
10. Kissed horizontally?
11. Given or received a hickey?
12. Kissed or been kissed on the breast?
13. Kissed someone below the belt?
14. Kissed for more than two hours consecutively?
15. Played a game involving stripping?
16. Seen or been seen by another person in a sensual context?
17. Masturbated?
18. Masturbated to a picture or video?
19. Masturbated while someone else was in the room?
20. Been caught masturbating?
21. Masturbated with an inanimate object?
22. Seen or read pornographic material?
23. Massaged or been massaged sensually?
24. Gone through the motions of intercourse while fully dressed?
25. Undressed or been undressed by a MPS (member of the preferred sex)?
26. Showered with a MPS?
27. Fondled or had your butt cheeks fondled?
28. Fondled or had your breasts fondled?
29. Fondled or had your genitals fondled?
30. Had or given “blue balls”?
31. Had an orgasm due to someone else’s manipulation?
32. Sent a sexually explicit text or instant message?
33. Sent or received sexually explicit photographs?
34. Engaged in sexually explicit activity over video chat?
35. Cheated on a significant other during a relationship?
36. Purchased contraceptives?
37. Gave oral sex?
38. Received oral sex?
39. Ingested someone else’s genital secretion?
40. Used a sex toy with a partner?
41. Spent the night with a MPS?
42. Been walked in on while engaging in a sexual act?
43. Kicked a roommate out to commit a sexual act?
44. Ingested alcohol in a non-religious context?
45. Played a drinking game?
46. Been drunk?
47. Faked sobriety to parents or teachers?
48. Had severe memory loss due to alcohol?
49. Used tobacco?
50. Used marijuana?
51. Used a drug stronger than marijuana?
52. Used methamphetamine, crack cocaine, PCP, horse tranquilizers or heroin?
53. Been sent to the office of a principal, dean or judicial affairs representative for a disciplinary infraction?
54. Been put on disciplinary probation or suspended?
55. Urinated in public?
56. Gone skinny-dipping?
57. Gone streaking?
58. Seen a stripper?
59. Had the police called on you?
60. Run from the police?
61. Had the police question you?
62. Had the police handcuff you?
63. Been arrested?
64. Been convicted of a crime?
65. Been convicted of a felony?
66. Committed an act of vandalism?
67. Had sexual intercourse?
68. Had sexual intercourse three or more times in one night?
69. ?
70. Had sexual intercourse 10 or more times?
71. Had sexual intercourse in four or more positions?
72. Had sexual intercourse with a stranger or person you met within 24 hours?
73. Had sexual intercourse in a motor vehicle?
74. Had sexual intercourse outdoors?
75. Had sexual intercourse in public?
76. Had sexual intercourse in a swimming pool or hot tub?
77. Had sexual intercourse in a bed not belonging to you or your partner?
78. Had sexual intercourse while you or your partner’s parents were in the same home?
79. Had sexual intercourse with non-participating third party in the same room?
80. Joined the mile high club?
81. Participated in a “booty call” with a partner whom you were not in a relationship with?
82. Traveled 100 or more miles for the primary purpose of sexual intercourse?
83. Had sexual intercourse with a partner with a 3 or more year age difference?
84. Had sexual intercourse with a virgin?
85. Had sexual intercourse without a condom?
86. Had a STI test due to reasonable suspicion?
87. Had a STI?
88. Had a threesome?
89. Attended an orgy?
90. Had two or more distinct acts of sexual intercourse with two or more people within 24 hours?
91. Had sexual intercourse with five or more partners?
92. Been photographed or filmed during sexual intercourse by yourself or others?
93. Had period sex?
94. Had anal sex?
95. Had a pregnancy scare?
96. Impregnated someone or been impregnated?
97. Paid or been paid for a sexual act?
98. Committed an act of voyeurism?
99. Committed an act of incest?
100. Engaged in bestiality?
In 2018, Rice Thresher[6] published a data analysis of the common and least common answers given for that particular year (seen below).
Spread
According to Google Trends, the graph of search interest for the Rice Purity Test spiked in April 2020.[11] Lifestyle magazine Society19 published an article about the test on April 28th, 2020.[13] The site was also mentioned in various subreddits in February 2020.[16][17]
On October 25th, 2020, Twitter[8] user @alfuckuhard posted a tweet joking about "studying" for the Purity Test, gathering over 1,000 likes in three years (seen below, left). On January 27th, 2022, the Instagram[7] page @kinkyywholesomenights posted a meme about the Rice Purity Test, gathering over 8,000 likes in a year (seen below, right).
One of the earliest viral trends about the Rice Purity Test on TikTok was making your family take the test. TikToker[9] @chloeweinstein posted one such video on October 8th, 2020, gathering over 3 million plays and 400,000 likes in three years (seen below, left). TikToker[10] @official_lightning posted a video participating in the trend on October 6th, gathering over 1 million views and 290,000 likes in three years (seen below, right).
@chloeweinstein gross #razrfit ♬ Drip Like ME – Kenndog
@official_lightning Those horny mf (mine is 34 btw) #razrfit #DoggyAnthem #EmilyinParis #FallAesthetic #StrapBack #foryou ♬ original sound – elias babcock
On January 24th, 2022, VTuber group NIJISANJI EN took the Rice Purity test,[14] gathering over 500,000 views in a year (seen below, left). On June 1st, Twitch streamer Hasan Piker posted a clip to his YouTube[15] showing him taking the Rice Purity Test, gathering over 400,000 likes in a year (seen below, right).
On October 28th, 2022, season six episode four of the Netflix television show Big Mouth showed the series' various characters taking the Rice Purity Test. A clip from the show was then uploaded to YouTube[5] on October 31st, receiving over 13,000 views in seven months (seen below).
Search Interest
External References
[1] Spectator Archive – The Jester------
[2] Google Books – Work Hard And You Shall Be Rewarded
[3] The Thresher – Rice Purity
[4]  The Thresher – Rice Purity Long Overdue
[5] Rotten Tomatoes – Big Mouth
[6] The Thresher – The State Of Purity
[7] Instagram – kinkyywholesomenights
[8] Twitter – alfuckuhard
[9] TikTok – chloeweinstein
[10] TikTok – official_lightning
[11] Google Trends – Rice Purity
[12] The Thresher – Rice Purity Spreads
[13] Society 19 – Rice Purity
[14] YouTube – TKG NIJISANJI EN
[16] Reddit – /r/AskTeenGirls
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