I have not seen this quiz in a bit and I just recently came across it again and I thought it might be fun for you to answer if interested.
The Heterosexual Questionnaire is attributed to Martin Rochlin, Ph.D. from 1972, a bit dated, sure, but still relevant, I think. We might not have come as far as we have thought.
I came out the summer between my junior and senior year in high school, back in 1986. It seems like a world away from now. It was the time of HIV/AIDS, Raygun, and a world apart from the multiple gay clubs that one reads about now in some schools, though hardly all. I know I caused a stir when I came out … lucky for me I went to an upper middle class school so I never got beat up, though I was verbally harassed. Anyway, enough of my situation. I thought the following quiz might be interesting to see how you would answer it… since I know a lot of people. maybe not us, but still a lot of people, fall for the misconceptions revealed in the questions.
1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?
2. When and where did you decide you were a heterosexual?
3. Is it possible this is just a phase and you will out grow it?
4. Is it possible that your sexual orientation has stemmed from a neurotic fear of others of the same sex?
5. Do your parents know you are straight? Do your friends know? How did they react?
6. If you have never slept with a person of the same sex, is it just possible that all you need is a good gay lover?
7. Why do you insist on flaunting your heterosexuality… can’t you just be who you are and keep it quiet?
8. Why do heterosexuals place so much emphasis on sex?
9. Why do heterosexuals try to recruit others into this lifestyle?
10. A disproportionate majority of child molesters are heterosexual… Do you consider it safe to expose children to heterosexual teachers?
11. Just what do men and women do in bed together? How can they truly know how to please each other, being so anatomically different?
12. With all the societal support marriage receives, the divorce rate is spiraling. Why are there so few stable relationships among heterosexuals?
13. How can you become a whole person if you limit yourself to compulsive, exclusive heterosexuality?
14. Considering the menace of overpopulation how could the human race survive if everyone were heterosexual?
15. Could you trust a heterosexual therapist to be objective? Don’t you feel that he or she might be inclined to influence you in the direction of his or her leanings?
16. There seem to very few happy heterosexuals. Techniques have been developed that might enable you to change if you really want to. Have you considered trying aversion therapy?