Sexual · Question 67 of 100

What “Showered with a member of the preferred sex?” means

Item 67 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Showered with a member of the preferred sex?”. 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 67 asks whether you have showered with someone you are attracted to. "Member of the preferred sex" is the checklist's dated way of saying someone of the gender you are attracted to, and it appears in this item and the next one only.

Where people disagree about what counts

The phrasing is the problem. It assumes a single preferred sex, which does not work for many takers, and it also assumes that showering with someone of that gender is inherently romantic — which sweeps in communal showers at a gym or after sport. Most takers read the item as a shared shower with a partner and exclude the rest.

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 67 fits with the items around it

Items 67 and 68 are the only two items using the "preferred sex" phrasing, and they are a matched pair about shared private space. Item 33, on sex in water, covers a different setting entirely and should not be confused with this one.

Item 66, before this one Purchased contraceptives? Item 68, after this one Slept in the same bed with a member of the preferred sex?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 67 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 67

What does "member of the preferred sex" mean?

It is the checklist's dated phrasing for someone of the gender you are attracted to. It appears only in items 67 and 68 and works poorly for many takers.

Does a communal shower at a gym count?

Almost nobody counts it. The item is read in the romantic context of the checklist rather than literally.

Is item 67 the same as item 33?

No. Item 33 is intercourse in a pool, hot tub, or body of water. Item 67 is simply sharing a shower.

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