By Riya Gopal
A few days ago, one of the girls in my group chat suggested we all take the Rice Purity Test. For those unfamiliar, it is an online test created by Rice University designed to evaluate one’s “innocence” on worldly matters, mostly involving sex, drugs, or criminal activity. After taking the test, you are provided with a number between 0 and 100, with a lower number being indicative of impurity. I had taken the test before, but wanted to take it again to see if my number had changed. So, I pulled up the test and began.
What’s crazy to me is what happened next. After seeing my score, my stomach dropped. I had lowered a few points since previously taking the test, and I felt this wave of shame overcome me. I felt dirty. I went onto the group chat and saw my friends sharing their numbers, all of them equally embarrassed. While scrolling through the chat, I realized something. The girls were experiencing shame regardless of if their numbers were low or high. One girl was ashamed of her 30. Another girl was ashamed of her 80. There was no number that felt right. There was no winning.
The implications of this test are deleterious to self-image. As human beings, our experiences do not have to define us. Carrying around a number that signifies past experiences in relation to our purity is an intangible but heavy burden. These labels of being a “prude” or “slutty” are subliminal byproducts of how we perceive ourselves after taking this test. Why are we making sexual activity, something that is supposed to be a natural and enjoyable act, a contamination to our being? Why should a criminal past define those who have changed and grown since?
Purity should not be defined by your past, but rather by the philanthropic and kindhearted measures you take in your day-to-day life. It does not matter how much sex you have had or how many drugs you have taken (as long as you are safe and healthy!!). What matters is the present moment, and how you use the goodness in your heart to impact those around you. That is what a pure being is.
The post you shared was really helpful for the purity test, i will check my score for this quiz.
I checked my score and it was poor but there is so may site for rice purity test can you tell me which one is real. I mentioned a link where i took test.
The purity test can really be misleading and make some students really hate themselves. I struggled with it myself back in high
I Remember taking a rice purity test and the results pointed towards me for being a feminist.
Embraced it and life smooth from there! Feminism is not something we have to become, its just something to acknowledge
Some people may become extremely self-hating as a result of the purity test’s deception. Even I battled with it back in high school.
I got a score of 9. I kind of take pride in it because I find the absurdity of it funny, and my low score makes other people realize that they’re probably doing just fine. people like me and see me as a wholesome person and seeing me have a low score makes them realize how silly the whole quiz really is.
Some people may become extremely self-hating as a result of the purity test’s deception. Even I battled with it back in high school.
I got 64
Is this good score
I got 67 points. Some great points
The rice purity test is a self-assessment test that measures someone’s innocence level or purity. It is a popular online tool that contains 100 questions
I see where you’re coming from, but maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to condemn the Rice Purity Test. At the end of the day, it’s just a lighthearted online quiz.
Sure, some people may place too much stock in their score or feel ashamed. But for the most part, it’s meant as a fun way for friends to share and bond over the silliness of putting a numerical value on “purity.”
The test shouldn’t be taken as a serious indictment of anyone’s worth or morality. The results don’t define you as a person. Try to have a sense of humor about it and take the results with a grain of salt.
In moderation, tests like this are just a way to laugh about our diverse life experiences. Let’s not overthink it or ascribe more meaning to it than intended. The number doesn’t matter – what matters is how we live our lives and treat each other day to day.
I went to take the rice purity test but quickly got uncomfortable when trying to decide whether or not consent is taken into consideration for some of the questions. For me, that drastically changes my score