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QUESTIONNAIRE - Page 24

The method of filling in the questions and of scoring is explained in the first page of the Questionnaire, Activity.

D - SEXUALITY

Trait 3 - SEXUAL PERMISSIVENESS

  • Virginity is a person's most valuable possession.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Masturbation is unhealthy.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • It is disturbing to see kissing in public.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • It wouldn't bother me if the person I married were not a virgin.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • People of my own sex frequently attract me.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Children should be taught about sex.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • I understand homosexuals.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • One should not experiment with sex before marriage.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • My religious beliefs are against sexual pleasure.
    Yes | Maybe | No*input type="checkbox"> || Score:

  • The contraceptive pill should be universally available.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Perverted thoughts have sometimes bothered me.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • I am embarrassed to talk about sex.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Young people should learn about sex through their own experience.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Sex jokes disgust me.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Young people should be allowed out at night without being closely checked.
    Yes* | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • A person should learn about sex by experimenting with new ways and ideas.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • I would protect my child from seeing naked bodies.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • I have been involved with more than one sexual affair at the same time.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Homosexuality is natural.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Pornography should be freely distributed amongst adults.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Prostitution should be legally permitted.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Decisions about abortion should be entirely the responsibility of the woman concerned.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • There are too many immoral plays and films on TV.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Sexual permissiveness threatens to undermine the entire fabric of civilized society.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Sex should be used only for the purpose of reproduction, not for personal pleasure.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Sex play amongst young children is quite harmless.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • The idea of wife swapping is extremely distasteful to me.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • I love any kind of physical contact with other people.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • People who attend strip-tease shows are sexually abnormal.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • It would not disturb me over-much if my partner had sexual relations with someone else.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Some forms of love-making are disgusting and should be banned.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • The thought of my partner being sexually attracted to another person is really upsetting.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • I think whatever people want to do is OK as long as no one else is any way hurt.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • The Bible is the only true guide to what is right and proper on sexual issues.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

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ANALYSIS

A high score on this trait means that you have a modern, permissive attitude to sex and find irrelevant the old-fashioned Victorian ideas of what is "right and proper". You aren't bothered about virginity, favor pre-marital or even extra-marital) sex, believe that birth control is a liberation and generally regard sex as a pleasurable activity that is nobody's concern but that of the "consenting adults" (or adolescents - possibly even children) involved.

A low score shows a person who takes sexual intercourse far more seriously, has regard for the marriage vows, is guided by religious dogma and is not in favor of "immorality" in any shape or form.

Fear of homosexuality, as with incest, is a very deep-bred, archetypal phenomena and of course contradicts the fact that human sexuality contains all shades of grey. Most people have noted themselves attracted to their own sex at some time, especially during adolescence when sexual identity and boundaries are being explored, and if this is resisted (to obey the cultural norm) it becomes a fixation and the source of inner conflict - the cause of a great deal of unnecessary suffering and neurosis.

Jealousy is another factor behind intolerance of sexual expression. Again (and like the territorial instinct) this is very deep-bred; the mating instinct causes one to fight off all potential takers of one's partner's attention and to distrust the partners's fidelity. In the case of a genuine relationship this would not be necessary and genuine affection cannot be enforced on another. Real love is unconditional and does not seek to control and manipulate the other.

How do you compare?

The norm on this trait is between 16-17 points (statistical approximation). This may be represented on the following scale:

Permissive 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 || 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Restrictive

Move on to the next Trait: SEXUAL STEREOTYPE.

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