What “Slept in the same bed with a member of the preferred sex?” means
Item 68 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Slept in the same bed 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 68 asks whether you have slept in the same bed as someone you are attracted to. It means literally sleeping — the item is about sharing a bed overnight, not about anything that may or may not have happened in it.
Where people disagree about what counts
The genuine question is whether entirely platonic bed-sharing counts: a friend staying over, a shared bed on a family trip, a crowded hotel room. The item's "preferred sex" wording implies attraction, so most takers require that some attraction existed even if nothing happened.
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 68 fits with the items around it
Item 68 completes the pair with item 67 and is the last of the two items to use the "preferred sex" phrasing. It is also the mildest item in the second half of the checklist, and it is grouped with the social category rather than the sexual one for exactly that reason.
How it affects the score
Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 68 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 68
Does sharing a bed platonically count?
Does item 68 imply anything happened?
Why is item 68 in the social category?
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