Sexual · Question 26 of 100

What “Had sexual intercourse with a virgin?” means

Item 26 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Had sexual intercourse with a virgin?”. 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

Adult and sensitive content

The full checklist is intended for adults aged 18 and over and includes explicit topics. You may leave any item unchecked, exit the test, or delete saved checks. An unchecked item is scored the same whether the experience did not occur or you preferred not to answer.

What the question is asking

Item 26 asks whether a partner of yours had not had intercourse before. It is one of a handful of items on the checklist that record a fact about someone else rather than about you, and it can only be answered from what that person told you.

Where people disagree about what counts

The item depends entirely on disclosure and on a definition of virginity that the checklist never provides. A taker who was never told cannot answer it reliably, and many leave it unchecked for that reason. The same undefined boundary that affects item 22 affects this item too.

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 26 fits with the items around it

Item 26 begins the short stretch where the checklist starts describing the partner rather than the act. It is the first of several such items — 36, 38, 45 and 46 do the same thing from different angles — and it is the only one that asks about the partner's history rather than your relationship to them.

Item 25, before this one Had sexual intercourse in four or more positions? Item 27, after this one Had sexual intercourse without a condom?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 26 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 26

What if I never found out whether my partner was a virgin?

Then the item is unanswerable for you, and most takers leave it unchecked. An unchecked box is scored the same whether the answer is no or unknown.

Does item 26 count if I was also a virgin at the time?

Yes. The item asks about your partner, not about you. If both of you were, the item still applies.

Which other items describe the partner rather than me?

Items 26, 36, 38, 45 and 46 all record something about a partner. Every one of them is worth the same single point as the items about your own actions.

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