Sexual · Question 37 of 100

What “Had sexual intercourse with two different people within 24 hours?” means

Item 37 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Had sexual intercourse with two different people within 24 hours?”. 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 37 asks whether you have had intercourse with two different people inside a twenty-four hour window. It is a counting item, but unlike items 23 and 24 it counts people rather than occasions.

Where people disagree about what counts

Twenty-four hours is stated precisely, which is unusual for this checklist, so there is little to argue about. The only edge case is whether the two encounters had to be separate — an encounter involving both people at once is generally read as item 39's territory rather than this one.

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 37 fits with the items around it

Item 37 sits inside the partner block and is the only time-bounded item in it. It pairs naturally with items 39 and 40, which count partners over a lifetime rather than within a day.

Item 36, before this one Had sexual intercourse with a non-significant other? Item 38, after this one Had sexual intercourse with someone of a different race?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 37 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 37

Does item 37 mean at the same time?

No. Simultaneous encounters are covered by item 39 on three or more people. Item 37 is about two separate encounters inside one day.

Is the twenty-four hours a calendar day?

The item says twenty-four hours, so it is a rolling window rather than a calendar day. This is one of the more precisely worded items on the list.

Which items count partners rather than occasions?

Items 37, 39 and 40. Items 23, 24 and 44 count occasions instead.

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