While watching The Dangers in My Heart this season, some of the characters brought up sex quizzes in a discussion and man did that bring high school memories rushing to the forefront of my mind. Back in my day, personality quizzes were all the rage. Everyone wanted to know what ISTJZ type they were and how that meant they were destined to save the world, or equally as important, which Naruto character they resemble the most. Of course anime quizzes would be based on the most arbitrary shit ever constructed, such as “do you like foxes with multiple tails more or lightning that strikes really precisely”. Boys would pick the lightning and then oh my fucking goodness what would you know, they’d end up being associated with Sasuke by the quiz. But beyond anime quizzes, I still remember people taking sexual quizzes and sharing their results.
The most common one I remember was a dominant/submissive quiz that showed you a percentage of how much you were of each. I suppose this was a bit more useful than anime character quizzes as it showed a percentage at the end of where you lied on the spectrum. However, let’s be real, the result could be deduced by anyone willing to self-analyze for more than fifteen seconds. If you want to be on bottom, have your partner take control, like being tied up, and don’t mind a little slap on the ass then by god you might just be more submissive than dominant. Despite this quiz being a tool to point out obvious conclusions, it was everywhere a few years ago. I never put much faith in them so I didn’t take it myself, but I’d seen plenty of people showing where they lie on the spectrum and displaying what sort of questions it asked. Some of the quizzes covered more advanced kinks too like “how much of a furry are you” or “do you favor incest or bondage as your top kink”. Over time I think society realized how braindead the questions were and we moved on to simply saying whatever we’re into on Twitter pages.
History repeats itself.
From my perspective it’s interesting to see how fast the quiz trend came and went in terms of the sexually-charged ones, but perhaps since I’m out of college I simply no longer run into the target demographics and there are still those out there who enjoy taking them. More power to them I suppose, but with conclusion quality of that level, I think I’ll stick with using my time to read more doujins and choose my favorite kinks for myself. By, you know, uh, thinking about it for a second. Did you live through the sex quiz era? Have you ever taken one yourself? What were your results… a-asking for a friend of course! Pop open a private window, take a quiz, and realize you spent 10 minutes for it to tell you something you already know in the comments below!
