A structural reading of two survey forms

Two parallel surveys, side by side

Two Google Forms circulate in the kizomba/urbankiz scene: one addressed to women, one to men. This is a description of how the two are built, question by question, and a method to reproduce that reading with any AI.

Forms: «Survey - womens experience in kiz scene» and «Mens experience in Kizomba» Author of the forms: Liliana de Lima
This section describes the design of the two forms: what each one asks, how the wording differs, and what is present in one and absent in the other. It reports the differences and leaves the judgement to the reader. It does not assess the reality the forms try to document.

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Both forms (64 questions with every answer option) in one file, so you can read them alongside this analysis or check it yourself.

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What is being compared

The two forms share an apparent purpose: to collect experiences of safety, harassment, conduct on the dance floor and sexual experiences within the kizomba/urbankiz scene. One is addressed to women (31 questions), the other to men (33 questions). Throughout, M refers to the women's form and H to the men's.

The reading below stays at the level of the text: what the forms ask and how they word it. Where a statement goes beyond the text into intent, it is marked as interpretation.

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Question pairing

A shared core of about 17 questions is present in both forms: time dancing, region, style, experience with male teachers, harassment on the floor, harassment by a teacher or organiser, stopping a dance over inappropriate behaviour, feeling trapped in a connection that became sexual without consent, fearing for one's safety, having initiated flirting, sex at a festival from a dance connection, share of positive experiences, feeling deceived, the other gender's empathy, friends who experienced harassment, events that felt 100% safe, the declined person who stops dancing with you, considering quitting social dancing, and private messages that turn to flirting.

Present only in the women's form (M)

  • Sexual assault in the first person: «Have you ever experienced sexual assault (including rape)...?»
  • Financial abuse in the first person, plus friends who experienced financial abuse.
  • Being recorded during a sexual act without consent, distribution of pornographic material, and knowing someone who was recorded.
  • Having filed a police report (as the person filing).
  • How often organisers take allegations seriously.
  • Areas or countries where the respondent feels less safe.
  • Three free-text fields to describe experiences.

Present only in the men's form (H)

  • Whether a woman has initiated flirting with him, plus an open field: «what are the signs/indicators?».
  • Self-assessment of empathy: «Do you feel that you and your male friends have empathy... towards women's experiences?».
  • How often he refuses or ignores a woman after she rejected his advances.
  • Whether he fears being falsely accused of abuse or assault.
  • Financial abuse only as a general perception of the scene.
  • Recording without consent only as «how often have you heard of...?».
  • Police report inverted: «do you know of someone who has a report filed against them?».
  • Two systemic-opinion questions: power imbalance, and whether men and women have the same experience.

03
Wording differences in equivalent questions

Where both forms cover the same topic, the phrasing changes. The pairs below are quoted verbatim.

Sexual assault

Women (M17)

«Have you ever experienced sexual assault (including rape) by someone you met in the Kiz scene?»

Men (H20)

«Do you know of cases of sexual assault (including rape) by someone in the Kiz scene?»

M asks about personal experience; H asks about awareness of third parties. The two versions measure different constructs, so responses to this item are not directly comparable between the forms.

Recording and financial abuse

Same structure. M asks in the first person («Have you ever been recorded...», «Have you experienced financial abuse by a man...»). H asks about perceived prevalence («how often have you heard of someone being recorded», «how often is financial abuse between dancers a problem»).

Police report

M asks whether the respondent has filed a report. H asks whether the respondent knows someone who has a report filed against them.

Empathy question, lowest answer option

Women (M15)

«I feel like only women understand. I cannot count on the men.»

Men (H17)

«I feel like no woman understands the male experience.»

The two forms phrase the equivalent bottom option differently.

Witnessing abuse

M has a single, non-directional question («abusive behaviour on the dancefloor between other couples»). H splits it into two directional questions: man toward woman, and woman toward man.

Leader and follower

The shared question about stopping a dance refers to «leaders side» in M and «the followers side» in H, mapping leader to man and follower to woman.

Form introductions

Women

«This survey should only be shared between women so we are sure it is not being altered with.»

Men

«It is important that this survey does not end in the hands of women so that the results are not altered with.»

04
Content asymmetries

Stated as differences in what each form covers:

  • The most severe items (rape, recording, non-consensual pornography, financial abuse) are asked in the first person only in M. In H they appear, if at all, as awareness of third parties.
  • The institutional items (organisers' response to allegations, having filed a report, geography of risk) appear only in M.
  • Self-directed items (own retaliation after a rejection, self-assessed empathy, fear of false accusation) and systemic-opinion items (power imbalance, «same experience») appear only in H.
  • Both forms ask only about «male teachers». Neither asks about female teachers.
  • M has three free-text fields for the respondent's own experience. H has one, and it asks how the respondent reads a woman's signals («what are the signs/indicators?») rather than about the respondent's own experience.

05
Question by question

A neutral note on each question: the objective feature of its wording, options or placement. No rating. The two forms are listed in turn.

Women's form (M), 31 questions

M1How long have you been dancing kizomba/urbankiz?

Built as a single-row grid rather than a plain multiple choice. Ranges overlap at the boundaries (1-5 / 5-8 / 8-10): someone with exactly 5 or 8 years fits two options.

M2Where in the world do you live?

Regional buckets with «Prefer not to answer». One option reads «North Africa/West Asia» here and «North Africa/West Africa» in the men's form, so that bucket is not identical across the two.

M3What do you mainly dance?

Single choice with «Prefer not to answer». «Mainly» narrows multi-style dancers to one option.

M4Experience with male teachers re: abuse of power / sexual misconduct

The parenthetical defines the endpoints in absolute terms («all male teachers»). The midpoint option reads «Neutral. At least 50% abuse of their power and act unprofessional», so the central option carries the statement that at least half of male teachers abuse their power. Asks about two things at once (abuse of power and sexual misconduct). Only male teachers appear.

M5Ever felt sexually harassed on the dancefloor?

«Felt» frames it as subjective experience. Frequency options plus an opt-out. Identical construct in both forms.

M6Harassed on the dance floor by a teacher or organiser?

Same construction as M5. Identical in both forms.

M7Stopped a dance because of inappropriate behaviour from leaders side?

Includes «I don't remember». «Leaders side» maps leader to man / follower to woman. «Inappropriate» is left to the respondent.

M8Felt trapped in a connection that became sexual without your consent?

Present identically in both forms. «Became sexual» is not defined.

M9Feared for your safety in a dance connection?

Symmetric across forms, graded frequency options with opt-out.

M10Open: a particular experience to share

Free text, marked required, so every respondent must type something even with nothing to add.

M11Have you ever initiated flirting/sexual approach during a dance?

Asks about the respondent's own initiating behaviour. Symmetric with the men's form.

M12Sexual intercourse at a festival as a result of a deep dance connection?

The clause «as a result of a deep dance connection» attaches a cause to the event. Someone whose experience did not involve a «deep connection» has no matching option. Symmetric across forms.

M13If yes above, how often are your sexual/flirtatious experiences positive?

Conditional on the two previous questions but has no «not applicable» option and cannot be skipped. The percentage anchors (100/70/50/30/none) have uneven gaps.

M14How often felt deceived, manipulated or lied to by a sexual partner?

Combines three things (deceived, manipulated, lied to) in one item. The scale mixes proportion («most of the time») with count («a few times»). No option for those with no such relations.

M15Do men around you have empathy towards your experience as a woman?

Perception question. The bottom option combines two statements: «I feel like only women understand. I cannot count on the men.» The men's mirror question (H17) ends in «I feel like no woman understands the male experience».

M16Witnessed abusive behaviour between other couples?

Single, non-directional. The men's form splits the same topic into two directional questions (H18, H19).

M17Ever experienced sexual assault (including rape) in the Kiz scene?

First person, defined term, opt-out. Has no counterpart in the men's form, which asks the same topic as awareness of third parties (H20).

M18Friends who experienced harassment/assault in festivals?

Counts acquaintances rather than incidents: one case known to several respondents produces several «yes» answers. No «Prefer not to answer» or «I don't know».

M19Open: area or country where you feel more unsafe?

«where you feel MORE unsafe than others» presupposes that unsafe places exist. Marked required.

M20How often have organisers taken allegations seriously?

Asks for a frequency without an «I have no experience with allegations» option, so respondents without first-hand experience still pick a value.

M21Friends who experienced financial abuse from a leader?

Acquaintance-based, but defines the term («theft, financial manipulation») and includes «I don't know».

M22Experienced financial abuse by a man you met through Kiz?

First person, opt-out. Specifies «by a man».

M23Recorded during a sexual act without your consent at a festival?

First person, Yes/No/opt-out. Includes the hedge «(to your knowledge?)».

M24Pornographic material of you distributed without consent?

First person, Yes/No/opt-out. Same construction as M23.

M25Know of anyone recorded during sexual acts without consent?

Awareness of third parties. This awareness version also exists in the men's form; the first-person versions (M23, M24) do not.

M26How many events felt 100% safe for you as a woman?

«100% safe» is an absolute threshold. Proportional scale (all/70/50/30/none), no opt-out. Symmetric with the men's form.

M27How often does the leader you decline end up never dancing with you again?

Assumes the respondent has received and declined such propositions; no «never been in this situation» option. «Never happened» can mean «never propositioned» or «declined and no consequence».

M28Considered stopping social dancing because of the toxic/unsafe atmospheres?

«the toxic/unsafe atmospheres» uses the definite article, stating the atmosphere as a given. Graded options.

M29Filed a police report against someone met through Kizomba/Urbankiz?

Factual question, opt-out. The men's mirror (H29) asks about knowing an accused person rather than filing.

M30PMs from men: how many did the man lead to flirting/hook up?

Assumes the respondent receives PMs (no «I don't receive PMs»). Percentage anchors. «Lead it to» asks the respondent to attribute intent.

M31Is there anything you would like to add?

Free text, marked required. Same construction as M10.

Men's form (H), 33 questions

H1For how long have you been dancing?

Same content as M1, built as a plain radio list. Same boundary overlap.

H2Where in the world do you live?

Same as M2 but reads «North Africa/West Africa» instead of «West Asia», so the bucket differs between forms.

H3What do you mainly dance?

Same as M3.

H4Experience with male teachers...

Identical to M4, including the «Neutral. At least 50% abuse of their power» midpoint. Both groups receive the same item.

H5Sexually harassed by a dance partner on the dance floor?

Adds «by a dance partner», narrower than M5, which is unspecified.

H6Harassed by a teacher or organiser?

Identical to M6.

H7Stopped a dance because of behaviour from the followers side?

Mirror of M7 with the same leader/follower gender mapping, reversed.

H8Trapped in a connection that became sexual without consent?

Identical to M8. A first-person victimization item present in both.

H9Feared for your safety in a dance connection?

Identical to M9.

H10Have you ever initiated flirting/sexual approach during a dance?

Symmetric with M11.

H11Has a woman you danced with initiated flirting/sexual approach?

Asks whether the other party initiated. The women's form has no mirror («has a man initiated toward you?»).

H12Open: when a woman initiates, what are the signs/indicators?

Free text, required. Asks how the respondent reads a woman's signals rather than about his own experience. No counterpart in the women's form.

H13Sexual intercourse at a festival from a deep dance connection?

Identical to M12, same «deep dance connection» clause.

H14If any of the 3 questions above are yes, how often positive?

Same conditional-without-N/A structure as M13. Refers to «the 3 questions above»; M13 refers to «the two questions above».

H15How often deceived/manipulated/lied to by a sexual partner?

Identical to M14.

H16Do you and your male friends have empathy towards women's experiences?

Asks the respondent to report empathy for himself and to speak for his friends. No mirror asking women to self-assess empathy toward men.

H17Do women around you have empathy towards your experience as a man?

Mirror of M15. The bottom option reads «no woman understands the male experience», where M15 reads «I cannot count on the men».

H18Witnessed abusive behaviour from a man towards a woman?

Directional. Together with H19 it covers both directions.

H19Witnessed abusive behaviour from a woman towards a man?

Directional. The women's form (M16) has a single non-directional version.

H20Do you know of cases of sexual assault (including rape) in the Kiz scene?

Awareness of third parties. The women's form asks the same topic in the first person (M17); the men's form has no first-person version.

H21Female friends who experienced harassment/assault?

Acquaintance-based, same counting property as M18. No opt-out.

H22Male friends who experienced harassment/assault?

Acquaintance-based. Registers male victimization only at second hand; there is no first-person version for men.

H23How often is financial abuse between dancers a problem in the scene?

Perceived prevalence, no personal-experience anchor (M22 is first person). One label reads «Somehow often».

H24How often have you heard of someone recorded without consent?

Awareness frequency with anchors «Very often / Somehow often / Happens sometimes...». The women's form has first-person versions (M23, M24).

H25How many events felt 100% safe for you as a man?

Same construction as M26, symmetric.

H26How often do you refuse/ignore a woman after she rejected your advances?

Asks the respondent about his own behaviour after a rejection. Assumes he has made advances (no N/A). «Never happened» can mean «never made advances» or «never retaliated». No mirror for women.

H27How often does the woman you decline end up never dancing with you again?

Mirror of M27, same ambiguity in «Never happened». Symmetric.

H28Considered stopping social dancing because of the toxic/unsafe atmosphere?

Same definite-article premise as M28. Symmetric.

H29Do you know of someone who has a police report filed against them?

Awareness of an accused person. The women's form (M29) asks about filing a report.

H30PMs from women: how often did the woman lead to flirting/hook up?

Mirror of M30, same assumption that PMs are received.

H31Are you scared of being falsely accused of abuse or assault?

Graded options. Placed just before the closing opinion questions. No structural mirror in the women's form.

H32Do you believe there is a power imbalance between men and women?

Five-point bidirectional opinion scale with opt-out. Asked only in the men's form.

H33Do you think men and women have the same experience?

Options «No, not at all / Sometimes yes, sometimes no / Yes / Prefer not to answer»: three substantive points without a «mostly yes/mostly no». Asked only in the men's form.

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Summary of differences

Stated without evaluation:

  • The severe items are asked in the first person in M and as third-party awareness in H (sexual assault, recording, financial abuse, police reports). Responses to those items measure different things in each form.
  • M does not ask the respondent about her own potentially harmful conduct or her systemic opinions; H does ask the respondent about his own conduct after a rejection, his fear of false accusation, and his opinion on power in the scene.
  • Some shared questions state a premise as a given (M28/H28 «the toxic atmosphere»), and one paired option differs in wording (M15 «I cannot count on the men» vs H17 «no woman understands the male experience»).
  • The «shared» core is not perfectly identical: a region label differs, the witness question is directional in H and generic in M, the conditional refers to «two» vs «three» questions above, and the number of free-text fields differs.
  • Both introductions restrict distribution by gender («only... between women» / «does not end in the hands of women»), which shapes who responds to each form.

Reproduce this analysis with any AI

A step-by-step method to run the same reading yourself with any vision-capable model (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) and check whether you reach the same observations.

What you need

  • The screenshots of the form (or forms) you want to analyze, complete from the intro to the submit button. To compare two, you need both.
  • A vision-capable AI (one that reads images).
  • Ten minutes. The model does the analysis; your job is to feed it well and stop it from jumping ahead.

If you would rather start from transcribed text than from screenshots, you can download both forms as a single file (also reproduced verbatim at the bottom of this page).

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Load it in batches and hold the AI back

A long form is many screenshots. If you drop them all at once and ask for the analysis, the model starts forming a view on incomplete information and carries that first judgement forward. The fix is to make it wait: send the screenshots in batches, forbid analysis until you say so, and have it confirm which questions it sees in each batch.

This is the opening instruction. It goes before the first screenshot.

Opening instruction (batching protocol)
I'm going to share screenshots of a form with you across several messages. IMPORTANT: do not analyze anything yet. I'll send the screenshots in multiple messages. Wait until I explicitly say "that's all of them" before you begin the analysis. In the meantime, just confirm you've received each batch: number the questions you can see, without evaluating them. Once I confirm they are all in, I'll ask you for the analysis.
Why it's written this way. «Do not analyze yet» prevents an early verdict the model would then defend instead of revising. «Number the questions you can see» gives you a checkable receipt: if a screenshot is missing, you catch it before the analysis, not after. «Wait until I say that's all of them» puts the trigger in your hands.

Once everything is uploaded and the model has listed the questions, you type «that's all of them» and move to step 2.

2

Ask for the analysis with the right prompt

There are two cases. Pick the prompt that matches yours.

Case A · A single form

When you want to examine one form on its own: whether it is neutral or leading, what it takes for granted, what stance shows through, and how it conditions the respondent.

Prompt · critical analysis of one form
That's all of them. Now I want a critical analysis of the form's design, focused on these points:

1. Question neutrality. Question by question, say whether it is phrased neutrally or is a leading question: loaded language, assumed premises, unbalanced answer options, false dichotomies, etc. Quote the specific text that shows it.

2. Axioms and starting frame. What the designer takes for granted. What beliefs, values or prior assumptions filter into the way the questions are asked, even if not stated explicitly.

3. Underlying ideology or stance. Whether a particular orientation or agenda shows through the whole, and what signals support that. Distinguish between what the form demonstrates and what is your own interpretation.

4. Conditioning of the respondent. Whether the design pushes the respondent toward particular answers, and through what mechanisms (question order, framing, carry-over effects between questions, skewed scales).

Close with an overall assessment: is it an honest information-gathering instrument, or is it built to produce a predetermined result? Also point out where you might be over-interpreting.
Why it's written this way. The four points run from concrete to abstract: first question by question (checkable), then the assumptions, then the stance, then the effect on the respondent. That order keeps the model from starting at the conclusion and hunting for evidence to fit it. «Quote the specific text» anchors each claim to a real word in the form. «Distinguish what the form demonstrates from your own interpretation» separates fact from speculation. The closing «where you might be over-interpreting» forces self-criticism.

Case B · Two forms to compare

When the interesting part is not each form alone but the differences between them (for example, one version for one group and one for another). Here the step-1 protocol changes slightly: ask the model to tell you which form each screenshot belongs to.

Prompt · comparative analysis of two forms
I'm going to share screenshots of two similar forms across several messages (for example, one addressed to one group and one to another). IMPORTANT: do not analyze anything yet. Wait until I explicitly say "that's all of them" before you begin. In the meantime, confirm receipt and tell me which form and which questions you see in each batch, so none is left incomplete.

Once I confirm they are all in, I want a comparative analysis of the two. The focus is not each form on its own but the differences between them:

1. Question pairing. Line up the equivalent questions in both forms. Mark which appear in both, which only in one, and which only in the other.

2. Wording differences. In the equivalent questions, point out how the language, tone, premises or answer options change depending on the recipient. Quote the specific text of each version side by side.

3. Content asymmetries and omissions. What is asked of one group and not the other, and what that decision reveals. Pay attention to what is taken for granted about each group.

4. Underlying assumptions and stereotypes. What image of each group filters into the design. Clearly distinguish between what the forms demonstrate and what is your own interpretation.

5. Differential conditioning. Whether each version pushes its group toward different answers or conclusions, and through what mechanisms.

Close with an overall assessment: are the differences between the two forms justified by the content, or do they reflect a bias in whoever designed them? Does the unequal treatment benefit, harm or pigeonhole either group? Also point out where you might be over-interpreting.
Why it's written this way. Point 1 (pairing questions) is the scaffolding: without lining up what is equivalent to what, the rest of the analysis has nothing to stand on. Point 2 requires quoting «side by side», which turns an impression into something anyone can verify. The framing «the focus is the differences, not each form» reorients the model from describing to comparing, which is where structural differences surface (a first-person-vs-third-party split does not show when you look at one form alone).
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Go deeper: question-by-question review (optional)

Step 2 gives you the overall reading. If you want to go down to the level of each individual question, ask for a per-question review.

Prompt · question-by-question review
Now go through every single question (from both forms, with their answer options) and, for each one, note its objective properties: whether the data it produces will be usable, whether there's confirmation bias in it, whether it's missing options ("not applicable", "prefer not to answer"), whether the scale is well built, whether it presupposes something, etc. Keep it factual per question. At the end, group your notes: which items are directly comparable across the forms, which are not, and which structural patterns cut across the whole set.
Why it's written this way. Naming the specific properties to look for (confirmation bias, missing options, scale construction, presupposition) gives the model a checklist instead of a free-form summary. Asking for the grouping at the end forces a synthesis: cross-cutting patterns only appear once you sort the items, not while commenting on them one by one.

Four things that make the difference

Beyond the prompts, this is what separates a solid reading from one that sounds right and says little.

  • Don't let it analyze half the material. Step 1 is not busywork: a model that starts judging with half the screenshots fixes a thesis and then defends it. «Wait until I say that's all of them» is the most important brake in the whole method.
  • Demand literal quotes. Every time the model says a question is leading, have it paste the exact sentence from the form. If it can't quote it, it is probably inventing it.
  • Ask it to separate fact from interpretation. This is what lets you tell «the form asks X of one group only» (fact) from «the author has an agenda» (speculation).
  • Make it contradict itself. The closing «where might you be over-interpreting» is not a courtesy: a model that finds no weak point in its own analysis is usually being agreeable. If it won't do it on its own, ask separately: «now argue against your own analysis».

What this is and isn't

Analyzing a survey's design tells you whether the instrument is well built, not whether the problem it investigates is real. A poorly built survey about a serious problem still points at a serious problem; the design analysis only speaks to whether its numbers hold up. Keep the two separate, especially on a sensitive topic.


The source material: both forms, verbatim

Transcribed literally from the screenshots, typos preserved. The asterisk marks required questions in Google Forms.

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Survey - womens experience in kiz scene

Form intro

«This survey is made by Liliana de Lima to get a broader picture of women's experience in the Kizomba/Urbankiz world. The questions will vary and you will always have the option to chose "dont know". All questions are judgement free and we are only interested in the truth. When sharing the results of the survey, no name or emails will be shared. This survey should only be shared between women so we are sure it is not being altered with.»

M1How long time have you been dancing kizomba/urbankiz?

RequiredScale / grid

  • < 1 year
  • 1-5 years
  • 5-8 years
  • 8-10 years
  • > 10 years

M2Where in the world do you live?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • North America
  • Europe
  • Mid, South or East Asia
  • South or Middle America/Caribbean
  • Mid/South/East/West Africa
  • North Africa/West Asia
  • Australia/Pacific Islands
  • Prefer not to answer

M3What do you mainly dance?

OptionalMultiple choice

  • Kizomba/Semba
  • Urbankiz
  • Tarraxo
  • Kizomba Fusion/mixed
  • Mixed Kizomba & Urbankiz
  • Mixed Urbankiz & Tarraxo
  • Prefer not to answer

M4What is your experience with male teachers in your community when talking about abuse of power/sexual misconduct? (Positive means that you believe all male teachers are responsible and good community leaders while negative means that you find all male teachers not worthy of their power position)

OptionalMultiple choice

  • 100% positive
  • Mostly positive with a few exceptions
  • Neutral. At least 50% abuse of their power and act unprofessional
  • mostly negative with a few exceptions
  • 100% negative
  • Prefer not to answer

M5Have you ever felt sexually harassed on the dancefloor?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, one time
  • No, never
  • I don't know/don't want to answer

M6Have you ever felt sexually harassed on the dance floor by a teacher or organiser?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • yes multiple times
  • yes, one time
  • no, never
  • I don't know/don't want to answer

M7Have you ever stopped a dance mid music because of inappropriate behaviour from leaders side?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I don't remember
  • I don't want to share this info

M8Have you ever felt trapped in a dance connection because it became sexual without your consent?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, a few times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I don't want to answer

M9Have you ever feared for your safety in a dance connection?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, a few times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I prefer not to answer

M10If you have experienced any of the above, is there a particular experience you would like to share?

RequiredShort answer

M11Have you ever initiated flirting/sexual approach during a dance?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, a few times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I prefer not to answer

M12Have you engaged in sexual intercourse with someone at a festival as a result of a deep dance connection?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several times
  • Yes, a few times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • Prefer not to answer

M13If any of the answers to the two questions above are yes, how often are your sexual or flirtatious experiences positive?

OptionalMultiple choice

  • 100% of my experiences are positive
  • 70% of my experiences are positive
  • 50% of my experiences are positive
  • 30% of my experiences are positive
  • none of my experiences are positive
  • prefer not to answer

M14How often have you felt deceived, manipulated or lied to by someone you have engaged in sexual relations with in the Kiz scene?

OptionalMultiple choice

  • Every time
  • Most of the time
  • About half of the time
  • A few times
  • Never
  • Prefer not to answer

M15Do you experience that the men around you in the dance scene have empathy and understanding towards your experience as a woman?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, every man i know understands.
  • Yes, the majority understands.
  • About 50% understand.
  • Less than 25% understand.
  • I feel like only women understand. I cannot count on the men.
  • Prefer not to answer

M16Have you ever witnessed abusive behaviour on the dancefloor between other couples?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I don't know

M17Have you ever experienced sexual assault (including rape) by someone you met in the Kiz scene?

OptionalMultiple choice

  • Yes, several times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I prefer not to answer

M18Do you have any friends that have experienced sexual harassment/assault in Kizomba/Urbankiz festivals?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several
  • Yes, one
  • None that I know off

M19Is there a particular area or country where you feel more unsafe than others (in events and festivals?)

RequiredShort answer

M20How often have you experienced that the event/festival organisers have taken allegations seriously and taken initiatives to help victims of abuse and assault?

OptionalMultiple choice

  • Every time
  • Most of the time
  • Around 50% of the time
  • A few times, mostly not
  • Never
  • Prefer not to answer

M21Do you have any friends that have experienced financial abuse from a leader they met in a Kizomba festival? (theft, financial manipulation)

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several
  • Yes, one
  • None that I know of
  • I don't know

M22Have you experienced financial abuse by a man you met through Kiz?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, more than once
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • Prefer not to answer

M23Have you ever been recorded during a sexual act without your consent at a festival? (to your knowledge?)

OptionalMultiple choice

  • Yes
  • No
  • Prefer not to answer

M24Have you experienced having pornographic material of you distributed within the Kiz community without your consent?

OptionalMultiple choice

  • Yes
  • No
  • I prefer not to answer

M25Do you know of anyone who has been recorded during sexual acts without their consent?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes
  • No
  • Prefer not to answer

M26Of all events you have joined, how many of them have felt 100% safe for you as a woman?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • I feel safe in all of them
  • I feel safe in 70% of them
  • I feel safe in 50% of them
  • I feel safe in 30% of them
  • I feel safe in none of them

M27How often do you experience that the one leader you decline to "go further with"/"engage in sexual activity with" ends up never dancing with you again?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Never happened
  • Happened once
  • Happened several times
  • Happens all the time
  • I don't know

M28Have you ever considered stopping social dancing because of the toxic/unsafe atmospheres?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • No never
  • I have considered it but i want to keep dancing
  • I think about it often
  • Yes I don't want to continue
  • I already stopped and do not attend more events
  • I don't want to answer

M29Have you ever filed a police report against someone you met through Kizomba/Urbankiz?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes
  • No
  • Prefer not to answer

M30When recieving a PM (private message on social media) from a man you have danced with, in how many of the cases did the man lead it to flirting/sensual talk/romantic interest/hook up?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Never. Every PM was purely friendly/platonic
  • Maybe 20%. The rest were friendly/platonic
  • about 50%
  • Most of them
  • All of them
  • Prefer not to answer

M31Is there anything you would like to add?

RequiredShort answer

Mens experience in Kizomba

Form intro

«Liliana de Lima has made a survey to get a better idea of mens experience in Kizomba/Urbankiz. As we wish to see a better scene for everyone, men as women, we want to see a more comprehensive picture of how men experience different problems in Kizomba. A similar survey has been made for women. The survey is anonymous and judgement free. We are only interested in your honest experience. Sometimes the questions have limited options to chose, if you feel like your experience is not being represented in the answers, please chose the answer that is closes to your experience or chose "I prefer not to answer". It is important that this survey does not end in the hands of women so that the results are not altered with. Thank you for sharing your perspective.»

H1For how long have you been dancing Kizomba/Urbankiz?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • <1 year
  • 1-5 years
  • 5-8 years
  • 8-10 years
  • >10 years

H2Where in the world do you live?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • North America
  • Europe
  • Mid, South or East Asia
  • South or Middle America/Caribbean
  • Mid/South/East/West Africa
  • North Africa/West Africa
  • Australia/Pacific Islands
  • Prefer not to answer

H3What do you mainly dance?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Kizomba/Semba
  • Urbankiz
  • Tarraxo
  • Kizomba Fusion/mixed
  • Mixed Kizomba & Urbankiz
  • Mixed Urbankiz &Tarraxo
  • Prefer not to answer

H4What is your experience with male teachers in your community when talking about abuse of power/sexual misconduct? (Positive means that you believe all male teachers are responsible and good community leaders while negative means that you find all male teachers not worthy of their power position)

RequiredMultiple choice

  • 100% positive
  • Mostly positive with a few exceptions
  • Neutral. At least 50% abuse of their power and act unprofessionally
  • Mostly negative with a few exceptions
  • 100% negative
  • Prefer not to answer

H5Have you ever felt sexually harassed by a dance partner on the dance floor?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, one time
  • No, never
  • I prefer not to answer

H6Have you ever felt sexually harassed on the dance floor by a teacher or organiser?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, one time
  • no, never
  • I prefer not to answer

H7Have you ever stopped a dance mid music because of inappropriate behaviour from the followers side?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I don't remember
  • I prefer not to answer

H8Have you ever felt trapped in a dance connection because it became sexual without your consent?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, a few times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I prefer not to answer

H9Have you ever feared for your safety in a dance connection?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, a few times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I prefer not to answer

H10Have you ever initiated flirting/sexual approach during a dance?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, a few times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I prefer not to answer

H11Have you experienced that a woman you have danced with has initiated flirting/sexual approach during a dance?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, multiple times
  • Yes, a few times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • I prefer not to answer

H12In your experience, when a woman initiates sexual approach or flirtatious behaviour in a dance, what are the signs/indicators?

RequiredShort answer

H13Have you engaged in sexual intercourse with someone at a festival as a result of a deep dance connection?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several times
  • Yes, a few times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • Prefer not to answer

H14If any of the answers to the 3 questions above are yes, how often are your sexual or flirtatious experiences positive?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • 100% of my experiences are positive
  • 70% of my experiences are positive
  • 50% of my experiences are positive
  • 30% of my experiences are positive
  • none of my experiences are positive
  • prefer not to answer

H15How often have you felt deceived, manipulated or lied to by someone you have engaged in sexual relations with in the Kiz scene?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Every time
  • Most of the time
  • About half of the time
  • A few times
  • Never
  • Prefer not to answer

H16Do you feel that you and your male friends have empathy and understanding towards women's experiences in the Kiz scene?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, we all understand
  • Yes, the majority understands
  • About 50% understand
  • Less than 25% understand
  • I feel like no men understand what women go through
  • prefer not to answer

H17Do you experience that the women around you in the dance scene have empathy and understanding towards your experience as a man?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, all women understand
  • Yes, the majority understands
  • About 50% understand
  • Less than 25% understand
  • I feel like no woman understands the male experience
  • Prefer not to answer

H18Have you ever witnessed abusive behaviour from a man towards a woman on the dance floor?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • Prefer not to answer

H19Have you ever witnessed abusive behaviour from a woman towards a man on the dance floor?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several times
  • Yes, once
  • No, never
  • Prefer not to answer

H20Do you know of cases of sexual assault (including rape) by someone in the Kiz scene?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several
  • Yes, one
  • No
  • Prefer not to answer

H21Do you have any female friends that have experienced sexual harassment/assault in Kizomba/Urbankiz?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several
  • Yes, one
  • None that I know off

H22Do you have any male friends that have experienced sexual harassment/assault in Kizomba/Urbankiz?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, several
  • Yes, one
  • None that I know off

H23In your experience, how often is financial abuse between dancers a problem in the scene?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Very often
  • Somehow often
  • Happens sometimes
  • Happens very rarely
  • I never heard of it
  • Prefer not to answer

H24In your experience, how often have you heard of someone being recorded without their knowledge or consent during sexual acts at festivals?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Very often
  • Somehow often
  • Happens sometimes
  • Happens very rarely
  • I never heard of it
  • Prefer not to answer

H25Of all events you have joined, how many of them have felt 100% safe for you as a man?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • I feel safe in all of them
  • I feel safe in 70% of them
  • I feel safe in 50% of them
  • I feel safe in 30% of them
  • I feel safe in none of them
  • Prefer not to answer

H26How often do you refuse to dance with/ignore a woman after she has rejected your sexual or flirtatious advanced?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Never happened
  • Happened once
  • Happened several times
  • Happens all the time
  • Prefer not to answer

H27How often do you experience that the woman you decline to "go further with"/"engage in sexual activity with" ends up never dancing with you again?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Never happened
  • Happened once
  • Happened several times
  • Happens all the time
  • Prefer not to answer

H28Have you ever considered stopping social dancing because of the toxic/unsafe atmosphere?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • No, never
  • I have considered it but I want to keep dancing
  • I think about it often
  • Yes, I don't want to continue
  • I already stopped and do not attend more events
  • Prefer not to answer

H29Do you know of someone who has a police report filed against them in Kizomba/Urbankiz?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes
  • No
  • Prefer not to answer

H30When receiving a PM (private message on social media) from a woman you have danced with, in how many of the cases did the woman lead it to flirting/sensual talk/romantic interest/hook up?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Never. Every PM was purely friendly/platonic
  • Maybe 20%. The rest were friendly/platonic
  • about 50%
  • Most of them
  • All of them
  • Prefer not to answer

H31Are you scared of being falsely accused of abuse or assault by a woman you have danced with?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes, very scared
  • Yes I think about it often
  • Not really but I have thought about it
  • No, never
  • Prefer not to answer

H32Do you believe there is a power imbalance between men and women in the dance scene?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • Yes. Men hold much more power than women.
  • Yes. Men hold a little more power than women.
  • No, it is equal
  • Yes. Women hold a little more power than men
  • Yes. Women hold much more power than men.
  • Prefer not to answer

H33Do you think men and women have the same experience in the dance scene?

RequiredMultiple choice

  • No, not at all
  • Sometimes yes, sometimes no
  • Yes
  • Prefer not to answer