Sexual · Question 17 of 100

What “Had or given a hand job?” means

Item 17 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Had or given a hand job?”. Here is what the wording covers, where readers reasonably disagree about it, and exactly how much it moves your score.

Guidance written and reviewed 2026-07-26

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What the question is asking

Item 17 asks about manual sexual stimulation of a partner, in either direction. Like several nearby items it uses "had or given" so that one box covers both giving and receiving, and a taker never needs to check it twice for the two roles.

Where people disagree about what counts

The boundary against item 16 is the usual question: item 16 covers touching a private part in general, and item 17 covers sustained stimulation specifically. Where a brief touch becomes stimulation is not defined anywhere on the checklist, so takers who are unsure typically check item 16 alone.

The test is self-scored and nobody else ever sees your answer, so the only thing that matters is applying one reading consistently across the whole checklist.

How item 17 fits with the items around it

Items 17 and 18 are a pair, both written with the "had or given" construction and both describing partnered acts short of intercourse. They sit between the general contact item at 16 and the mutual act at 19, so this short block moves from general to specific to reciprocal.

Item 16, before this one Seen or touched a private part? Item 18, after this one Had or given oral sex?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 17 subtracts one point from the starting score of 100. Leaving it unchecked subtracts nothing, and no item on the checklist is weighted more heavily than any other.

Final score = 100 − total checked boxes

The final number never identifies this answer or any other individual answer — it is a count, so it discards which items were selected the moment it is calculated. Read the full scoring guide or look up an exact result on the 0–100 score chart.

Questions about item 17

Does item 17 cover both giving and receiving?

Yes. The phrase "had or given" is written to cover both, so a single check covers either role or both.

How is item 17 different from item 16?

Item 16 is the broad item about seeing or touching. Item 17 is the specific act of manual stimulation. Most people who check 17 also check 16.

Does it count if it happened only once?

Yes. Unless an item explicitly counts occurrences — as items 23, 24, 37, 39, 40 and 44 do — one time is enough to check the box.

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