Sexual · Question 57 of 100

What “Been involved in BDSM activities?” means

Item 57 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Been involved in BDSM activities?”. 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 57 asks whether you have taken part in BDSM activities — an umbrella term covering bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, and related practices between consenting adults. It is one of the broadest single items on the checklist.

Where people disagree about what counts

The breadth is the whole difficulty. Read at its widest the term covers something as mild as holding a partner's wrists; read narrowly it describes a distinct practice with its own conventions. Takers therefore answer this item very inconsistently, and the checklist offers no guidance at all.

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 57 fits with the items around it

Items 57 to 59 are the group-and-variation block: BDSM, threesomes, and orgies. They are the last explicitly sexual items on the checklist before it turns at item 60 to arrangements and at item 61 to feelings.

Item 56, before this one Committed an act of voyeurism? Item 58, after this one Had a threesome?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 57 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 57

How broad is item 57?

Very. BDSM is an umbrella term, and the checklist gives no definition, so answers to this item vary more than for almost any other.

Does something mild count?

Takers disagree. Some count any element of restraint or role play; others reserve the item for a deliberate, recognised practice. The checklist does not settle it.

Where does item 57 sit in the checklist?

It opens the short block at 57 to 59, which contains the last explicitly sexual items before the list moves to relationships at item 60.

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