My feelings on being presented with a Sex Inventory Questionnaire (SIQ) were fairly mixed. On the one hand I experienced a bit of embarrassment as the person who gave me the SIQ was female and I am sure I was blushing a bit. I tried to act disinterested but being aware of what was going on made me fairly unable to refrain from smiling. This only served to further my sense of embarrassment and blushing. On the other hand, I have to admit I was intrigued when told I was being given a SIQ. I immediately became curious as to what kind of SIQ it would be. I at first was curious as to what it might pertain. I wondered if it would ask questions about STDs or sexual behavior. Then I immediately experienced a sense of dread, fearing it might just ask personal questions about sexual activities and behaviors. At this point I experienced an odd feeling of slight anger because on some level I felt my privacy was challenged and that, even in the name of science, such questionnaires were truly unnecessary. I even though, “What kind of perv goes around studying people’s sex behaviors.” It was a fleeting thought but it did occur. Then I calmed down and realized I should remember there is a difference between a scientific questionnaire and a peep show. At this thought I chuckled and then began to relax with respect to being presented with the SIQ. At this point I began to be curious as to what kind of project, study, or research was being conducted that they needed to cover this aspect of human behavior. I was curious as to if it might be a gender study on the differences between men’s and women’s sexual behaviors, or perhaps it was something related to safe sex practices and awareness. I even wondered if it might be secretly funded by the Viagra people to see if there was a need for the product among college-aged males. My next thought was they wouldn’t make anything on me as
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