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, meant to be read as a pair. This is a look at what the two share and where they diverge, question by question, and a method to reproduce that reading with any AI.
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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.
01
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). The mirrored titles and the note that «a similar survey has been made for women» make clear they are meant to complement each other and be compared.
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.
02
Common ground: what the two forms share
The two are built as a pair, and a large part of them lines up. They share the same purpose and, for the most part, the same shape and scales.
A comparable core. About 17 questions appear in both forms and cover the same ground: 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, events that felt 100% safe, considering quitting social dancing, and private messages that turn to flirting.
Where they line up closely. Many of these pairs are identical or near-identical, same wording and same answer options, so they can be compared directly between the two groups: harassment by a teacher or organiser (M6/H6), feeling trapped in a connection (M8/H8), fearing for your safety (M9/H9), having initiated flirting (M11/H10), sex at a festival (M12/H13), feeling deceived by a partner (M14/H15), how safe events felt (M26/H25), considering stopping (M28/H28), and private messages turning to flirting (M30/H30). The empathy question mirrors across the two (M15/H17), though its lowest option is worded differently. On one point the men's form is even more symmetric than the women's: it asks about witnessing abuse in both directions (man toward woman and woman toward man).
So there is a real basis for comparison. Beyond that shared core, each form also has questions the other does not:
Present only in the women's form
- 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
- 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.
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Wording differences in equivalent questions
Within that shared core, most equivalent questions are worded the same. A handful differ, and those are the ones quoted below, side by side.
Sexual assault
Women's form (M17)
«Have you ever experienced sexual assault (including rape) by someone you met in the Kiz scene?»
Men's form (H20)
«Do you know of cases of sexual assault (including rape) by someone in the Kiz scene?»
The women's form asks about personal experience; the men's 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. The women's form asks in the first person («Have you ever been recorded...», «Have you experienced financial abuse by a man...»). The men's asks about perceived prevalence («how often have you heard of someone being recorded», «how often is financial abuse between dancers a problem»).
Police report
The women's form asks whether the respondent has filed a report. The men's asks whether the respondent knows someone who has a report filed against them.
Empathy question, lowest answer option
Women's form (M15)
«I feel like only women understand. I cannot count on the men.»
Men's form (H17)
«I feel like no woman understands the male experience.»
The two forms phrase the equivalent bottom option differently.
Witnessing abuse
The women's form has a single, non-directional question («abusive behaviour on the dancefloor between other couples»). The men's 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 the women's form and «the followers side» in the men's, mapping leader to man and follower to woman.
Form introductions
Women's form
«This survey should only be shared between women so we are sure it is not being altered with.»
Men's form
«It is important that this survey does not end in the hands of women so that the results are not altered with.»
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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 the women's form. In the men's 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 the women's form.
- 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 the men's form.
- Both forms ask only about «male teachers». Neither asks about female teachers.
- The women's form has three free-text fields for the respondent's own experience. The men's 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.
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Summary
Stated without evaluation. The two forms share a common aim and a comparable core (see «Common ground» above); the points below are where they part from it:
- The severe items are asked in the first person in the women's form and as third-party awareness in the men's (sexual assault, recording, financial abuse, police reports). Responses to those items measure different things in each form.
- The women's form does not ask the respondent about her own potentially harmful conduct or her systemic opinions; the men's 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 the men's form and generic in the women's, 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.
Each question, individually
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
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.
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.
Single choice with «Prefer not to answer». «Mainly» narrows multi-style dancers to one option.
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.
«Felt» frames it as subjective experience. Frequency options plus an opt-out. Identical construct in both forms.
Same construction as M5. Identical in both forms.
Includes «I don't remember». «Leaders side» maps leader to man / follower to woman. «Inappropriate» is left to the respondent.
Present identically in both forms. «Became sexual» is not defined.
Symmetric across forms, graded frequency options with opt-out.
Free text, marked required, so every respondent must type something even with nothing to add.
Asks about the respondent's own initiating behaviour. Symmetric with the men's form.
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.
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.
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.
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».
Single, non-directional. The men's form splits the same topic into two directional questions (H18, H19).
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).
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».
«where you feel MORE unsafe than others» presupposes that unsafe places exist. Marked required.
Asks for a frequency without an «I have no experience with allegations» option, so respondents without first-hand experience still pick a value.
Acquaintance-based, but defines the term («theft, financial manipulation») and includes «I don't know».
First person, opt-out. Specifies «by a man».
First person, Yes/No/opt-out. Includes the hedge «(to your knowledge?)».
First person, Yes/No/opt-out. Same construction as M23.
Awareness of third parties. This awareness version also exists in the men's form; the first-person versions (M23, M24) do not.
«100% safe» is an absolute threshold. Proportional scale (all/70/50/30/none), no opt-out. Symmetric with the men's form.
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».
«the toxic/unsafe atmospheres» uses the definite article, stating the atmosphere as a given. Graded options.
Factual question, opt-out. The men's mirror (H29) asks about knowing an accused person rather than filing.
Assumes the respondent receives PMs (no «I don't receive PMs»). Percentage anchors. «Lead it to» asks the respondent to attribute intent.
Free text, marked required. Same construction as M10.
Men's form (H), 33 questions
Same content as M1, built as a plain radio list. Same boundary overlap.
Same as M2 but reads «North Africa/West Africa» instead of «West Asia», so the bucket differs between forms.
Same as M3.
Identical to M4, including the «Neutral. At least 50% abuse of their power» midpoint. Both groups receive the same item.
Adds «by a dance partner», narrower than M5, which is unspecified.
Identical to M6.
Mirror of M7 with the same leader/follower gender mapping, reversed.
Identical to M8. A first-person victimization item present in both.
Identical to M9.
Symmetric with M11.
Asks whether the other party initiated. The women's form has no mirror («has a man initiated toward you?»).
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.
Identical to M12, same «deep dance connection» clause.
Same conditional-without-N/A structure as M13. Refers to «the 3 questions above»; M13 refers to «the two questions above».
Identical to M14.
Asks the respondent to report empathy for himself and to speak for his friends. No mirror asking women to self-assess empathy toward men.
Mirror of M15. The bottom option reads «no woman understands the male experience», where M15 reads «I cannot count on the men».
Directional. Together with H19 it covers both directions.
Directional. The women's form (M16) has a single non-directional version.
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.
Acquaintance-based, same counting property as M18. No opt-out.
Acquaintance-based. Registers male victimization only at second hand; there is no first-person version for men.
Perceived prevalence, no personal-experience anchor (M22 is first person). One label reads «Somehow often».
Awareness frequency with anchors «Very often / Somehow often / Happens sometimes...». The women's form has first-person versions (M23, M24).
Same construction as M26, symmetric.
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.
Mirror of M27, same ambiguity in «Never happened». Symmetric.
Same definite-article premise as M28. Symmetric.
Awareness of an accused person. The women's form (M29) asks about filing a report.
Mirror of M30, same assumption that PMs are received.
Graded options. Placed just before the closing opinion questions. No structural mirror in the women's form.
Five-point bidirectional opinion scale with opt-out. Asked only in the men's form.
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.
The two forms, side by side
Both questionnaires aligned so you can scroll and compare equivalent questions. Where a question has no counterpart in the other form, it is left unpaired. Highlighted text marks where the two versions differ, in the wording or in the answer options; everything left plain is identical or equivalent across the two forms, which is most of the shared core.
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Women's 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.»
Men's 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.»
M1How long time have you been dancing kizomba/urbankiz?
- < 1 year
- 1-5 years
- 5-8 years
- 8-10 years
- > 10 years
H1For how long have you been dancing Kizomba/Urbankiz?
- <1 year
- 1-5 years
- 5-8 years
- 8-10 years
- >10 years
M2Where in the world do you live?
- 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
H2Where in the world do you live?
- 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
M3What do you mainly dance?
- Kizomba/Semba
- Urbankiz
- Tarraxo
- Kizomba Fusion/mixed
- Mixed Kizomba & Urbankiz
- Mixed Urbankiz & Tarraxo
- Prefer not to answer
H3What do you mainly dance?
- 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)
- 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
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)
- 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
M5Have you ever felt sexually harassed on the dancefloor?
- Yes, multiple times
- Yes, one time
- No, never
- I don't know/don't want to answer
H5Have you ever felt sexually harassed by a dance partner on the dance floor?
- Yes, multiple times
- Yes, one time
- No, never
- I prefer not to answer
M6Have you ever felt sexually harassed on the dance floor by a teacher or organiser?
- yes multiple times
- yes, one time
- no, never
- I don't know/don't want to answer
H6Have you ever felt sexually harassed on the dance floor by a teacher or organiser?
- Yes, multiple times
- Yes, one time
- no, never
- I prefer not to answer
M7Have you ever stopped a dance mid music because of inappropriate behaviour from leaders side?
- Yes, several times
- Yes, once
- No, never
- I don't remember
- I don't want to share this info
H7Have you ever stopped a dance mid music because of inappropriate behaviour from the followers side?
- Yes, several times
- Yes, once
- No, never
- I don't remember
- I prefer not to answer
M8Have you ever felt trapped in a dance connection because it became sexual without your consent?
- Yes, multiple times
- Yes, a few times
- Yes, once
- No, never
- I don't want to answer
H8Have you ever felt trapped in a dance connection because it became sexual without your consent?
- Yes, multiple times
- Yes, a few times
- Yes, once
- No, never
- I prefer not to answer
M9Have you ever feared for your safety in a dance connection?
- 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?
- 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?
Open text field
M11Have you ever initiated flirting/sexual approach during a dance?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
Open text field
M12Have you engaged in sexual intercourse with someone at a festival as a result of a deep dance connection?
- Yes, several times
- Yes, a few times
- Yes, once
- No, never
- Prefer not to answer
H13Have you engaged in sexual intercourse with someone at a festival as a result of a deep dance connection?
- 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?
- 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
H14If any of the answers to the 3 questions above are yes, how often are your sexual or flirtatious experiences positive?
- 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?
- Every time
- Most of the time
- About half of the time
- A few times
- Never
- 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?
- 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?
- 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
M15Do you experience that the men around you in the dance scene have empathy and understanding towards your experience as a woman?
- 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
H17Do you experience that the women around you in the dance scene have empathy and understanding towards your experience as a man?
- 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
M16Have you ever witnessed abusive behaviour on the dancefloor between other couples?
- Yes, several times
- Yes, once
- No, never
- I don't know
H18Have you ever witnessed abusive behaviour from a man towards a woman on the dance floor?
- 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?
- Yes, several times
- Yes, once
- No, never
- Prefer not to answer
M17Have you ever experienced sexual assault (including rape) by someone you met in the Kiz scene?
- Yes, several times
- Yes, once
- No, never
- I prefer not to answer
H20Do you know of cases of sexual assault (including rape) by someone in the Kiz scene?
- Yes, several
- Yes, one
- No
- Prefer not to answer
H21Do you have any female friends that have experienced sexual harassment/assault in Kizomba/Urbankiz?
- Yes, several
- Yes, one
- None that I know off
M18Do you have any friends that have experienced sexual harassment/assault in Kizomba/Urbankiz festivals?
- Yes, several
- Yes, one
- None that I know off
H22Do you have any male friends that have experienced sexual harassment/assault in Kizomba/Urbankiz?
- 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?)
Open text field
M20How often have you experienced that the event/festival organisers have taken allegations seriously and taken initiatives to help victims of abuse and assault?
- 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)
- 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?
- Yes, more than once
- Yes, once
- No, never
- Prefer not to answer
H23In your experience, how often is financial abuse between dancers a problem in the scene?
- Very often
- Somehow often
- Happens sometimes
- Happens very rarely
- I never heard of it
- Prefer not to answer
M23Have you ever been recorded during a sexual act without your consent at a festival? (to your knowledge?)
- Yes
- No
- Prefer not to answer
M24Have you experienced having pornographic material of you distributed within the Kiz community without your consent?
- Yes
- No
- I prefer not to answer
M25Do you know of anyone who has been recorded during sexual acts without their consent?
- Yes
- No
- 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?
- Very often
- Somehow often
- Happens sometimes
- Happens very rarely
- I never heard of it
- Prefer not to answer
M26Of all events you have joined, how many of them have felt 100% safe for you as a woman?
- 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
H25Of all events you have joined, how many of them have felt 100% safe for you as a man?
- 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?
- Never happened
- Happened once
- Happened several times
- Happens all the time
- Prefer not to answer
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?
- Never happened
- Happened once
- Happened several times
- Happens all the time
- I don't know
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?
- Never happened
- Happened once
- Happened several times
- Happens all the time
- Prefer not to answer
M28Have you ever considered stopping social dancing because of the toxic/unsafe atmospheres?
- 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
H28Have you ever considered stopping social dancing because of the toxic/unsafe atmosphere?
- 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
M29Have you ever filed a police report against someone you met through Kizomba/Urbankiz?
- Yes
- No
- Prefer not to answer
H29Do you know of someone who has a police report filed against them in Kizomba/Urbankiz?
- 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?
- 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
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?
- 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?
Open text field
H31Are you scared of being falsely accused of abuse or assault by a woman you have danced with?
- 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?
- 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?
- No, not at all
- Sometimes yes, sometimes no
- Yes
- Prefer not to answer
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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 questions to analyze. For these two forms you don't need to do anything: just download both of them as a single file (also shown side by side in the Questionnaire tab) and paste it in. For a different form of your own, take screenshots of it instead, complete from the intro to the submit button.
- An AI. Any model works if you paste the downloaded text; you only need a vision-capable one (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) if you feed it screenshots.
- Ten minutes. The model does the analysis; your job is to feed it well and stop it from jumping ahead.
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.
Send this as a single message before the first screenshot. It holds the model back until every screenshot is in, then asks for the analysis, all in one prompt.
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. 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 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.
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). The prompt below already includes the batching instruction; send it before the first screenshot, upload both forms in batches, and have the model tell you which form each screenshot belongs to. When everything is in, type «that's all of them».
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.
Go deeper: question-by-question review (optional)
The prompts above give you the overall reading. If you want to go down to the level of each individual question, ask for a per-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.
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. The batching step 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.