Sexual · Question 66 of 100

What “Purchased contraceptives?” means

Item 66 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Purchased contraceptives?”. 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 66 asks whether you have bought contraceptives. It is a striking item because the act itself is entirely responsible — the checklist counts buying protection as a step away from purity in exactly the same way it counts item 27, having sex without any.

Where people disagree about what counts

The item does not name a method, so condoms, contraceptive pills, and emergency contraception all qualify. Whether a prescription collected at a pharmacy counts as a purchase is the one open question, and most takers count it.

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 66 fits with the items around it

Item 66 opens a short practical run at 66 to 70 that walks back from the explicit items to comparatively mild ones — buying contraceptives, showering together, sharing a bed, skinny dipping, and dating without a chaperone. It connects backwards to items 27 and 48.

Item 65, before this one Been cheated on? Item 67, after this one Showered with a member of the preferred sex?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 66 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 66

Do all contraceptives count for item 66?

The item names no method, so condoms, pills, and emergency contraception all qualify under the plain wording.

Does a prescription count as a purchase?

Most takers count collecting a prescription. The checklist does not distinguish between buying over the counter and picking up a prescription.

Why does buying protection lower a purity score?

Because the checklist counts experiences rather than judging them. It is one of several items where the scoring runs directly against what the act actually represents.

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