Sexual · Question 36 of 100

What “Had sexual intercourse with a non-significant other?” means

Item 36 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Had sexual intercourse with a non-significant other?”. 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 36 asks whether you have had intercourse with someone who was not your partner at the time. It is the checklist's item for casual sex, and it is written from the standpoint of your own relationship status rather than as a judgement about the encounter.

Where people disagree about what counts

The wording is easy to confuse with cheating, which is a different item at 64. Item 36 covers any encounter outside a committed relationship, including one where you were single and no commitment existed to break. Takers who read it as being about infidelity end up double-counting item 64.

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 36 fits with the items around it

Item 36 opens the partner block that runs to item 46. It is the general case; items 37, 39, 40, 45 and 46 then add specific conditions about number, name, and anonymity. Item 60, on friends with benefits, revisits the same territory much later on the list.

Item 35, before this one Had sexual intercourse while you or your partner's parents were in the same home? Item 37, after this one Had sexual intercourse with two different people within 24 hours?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 36 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 36

Is item 36 the same as cheating?

No. Cheating is item 64. Item 36 covers intercourse outside a committed relationship, which includes encounters that happened while you were single.

Does a one-night stand count for item 36?

Yes. Any encounter with someone who was not your partner at the time falls under this item.

Do I also check item 60?

Only if the arrangement was ongoing. Item 60 is about a recurring friends-with-benefits arrangement; item 36 covers single encounters as well.

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