SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR

Complete the Sexual Attitude Scale by answering the questionnaire below (from Hudson, Walter W. et al. (1983). A short-form scale to measure liberal VS conservative orientations toward human sexual expression. The Journal of Sex Research, 19 (3) 258-272. 

This questionnaire is designed to measure the way you feel about sexual behaviour. It is not a test; there are no right or wrong answers. Answer each item as carefully and accurately as you can by placing a number beside each one as follows:

Strongly disagree                   1

Disagree                                2

Neither agree nor disagree     3

Agree                                    4

Strongly agree                       5

1. I think there is too much sexual freedom given to adults these days

2. I think that the increased sexual freedom seen in the past several years has done much to undermine the American family

3. I think that young people have been given too much information about sex

4. Sex education should be restricted to the home

5. Older people do not need to have sex

6. Sex education should be given only when people are ready for marriage

7. Premarital sex may be a sign of a decaying social order

8. Extramarital sex is never excusable

9. 1 think there is too much sexual freedom given to teenagers these days

10. I think there is not enough sexual restraint among young people

11. I think people indulge in sex too much

12. 1 think the only proper way to have sex is through intercourse

13. 1 think sex should be reserved for marriage

14. Sex should be only for the young

15. Too much social approval has been given to homosexuals

16. Sex should be devoted to the business of procreation

17. People should not masturbate

18. Heavy sexual petting should be discouraged

19. People should not discuss their sexual affairs or business with others

20. Severely handicapped (physically and mentally) people should not have sex

21. There should be no laws prohibiting sexual acts between consenting adults

22. What two consenting adults do together sexually is their own business

23. There is too much sex on television

24. Movies today are too sexually explicit

25. Pornography should be totally banned from our bookstores

Total up the number of points. Generally speaking, the lower your score the more liberal you are, the higher your score the more conservative your score.