About this survey: responses were collected for two weeks in January 2017 from a total of 182 participants. The purpose is to gather demographic information, usage frequency, subreddit feedback and relationship-related data from PPD readers.

As always, thank you to everyone who participated in the survey! You can find this post and all other surveys in the sidebar under Survey Results. Comments, questions and feedback welcome.

Please note that for questions 25-28 more than one answer was allowed, and question 25 could be skipped.

Summary Data

Open-ended Response Data

Question 5. In a few words, please describe your racial or ethnic background

some responses only gave an ethnicity or race and were included in only one category, while others listed both race and ethnicity and were included in both categories

Race

  • African n=10

  • Asian (non-specific) n=6

  • East Asian n=5

  • South Asian n=4

  • Caucasian n=122

  • Hispanic n=4

  • Middle Eastern n=2

  • Decline to say n=1

  • Mixed race: n=23 (75% Western European, 25% South-East Asian), (Indonesian/Caucasian), Middle Eastern and white, Caucasian and Metis, white/Creole, white/black/jew, African American + Filipino, biracial (3), (white and some Asian heritage), (half black, half white), (Asian, White), Black & Native American, (White Hispanic, Cuban), (Japanese/Serbian/Irish), Mixed but identify as pacific islander, (black/white), (Half Indian, Half Puerto Rican), white/native american, Asian/White, white/black, Afro-Hispanic

Blue Pill

  • African n=3

  • Asian (non-specific) n=2

  • Caucasian n=26

  • Hispanic n=1

  • Mixed Race n=3

Red Pill

  • African n=2

  • Asian (non-specific) n=2

  • East Asian n=1

  • South Asian n=3

  • Caucasian n=34

  • Hispanic n=3

  • Mixed race: n=5

Ethnicity

German (1), Australian-Irish (1), British (2), Scandinavian (4), Basque (1), Half Indian, Half Puerto Rican (1), Celt and Dutch (1), Somali (1), Italian and German (1), Irish and German (1), French (2), Slavic (3), (Irish, Norwegian, Swiss) (1), Jewish/Scandinavian (1), Cuban (1), Dutch/English (1), Caribbean (1), Japanese/Serbian/Irish (1), Jewish (5), Chinese (3), Indian (1), Ashkenazi Jew (2), (Irish, South African) (1), (Anglo, Germanic, Slavic mix) (1), Egyptian (1), British/Turkish (1), Persian (1), Russian (1), (Dutch, Scotch, Czech) (1), Caucasian and Metis (1), Scott-Irish (1), Irish (1),

Question 10. What are your political views?

showing responses for 'other'

  • Communist (3)

  • Libertarian (7)

  • Marxist (1)

  • Classical Liberal (2)

  • Hybrid (5)

  • Socialist (3)

  • Anti-establishment (1)

  • Radical Left (1)

  • Green (1)

  • Neoreactionary Minarchist (1)

Question 14. What type of relationship?

showing responses for 'other'

  • FWB with femboy twinks

  • none

  • Monoganous with a unicorn

  • Monogamish

  • Polygamy

  • Open

  • Idk

  • Polygamous

Question 15. Egalitarian or Traditional?

showing responses for 'other'

  • Hybrid between the two (n=23)

  • Don't care (n=2)

  • Unsure (n=1)

  • Neither (n=2)

Question 17. How did you meet your current partner?

showing responses for 'other'

  • Through a hobby or group activity (10)

  • Family introduced (1)

  • Public place (3)

  • Flat mate (1)

  • People who met via one of the answers given but put other anyway (4)

Question 25. Gender Activism

showing responses for 'other'

  • MGTOW (n=2)

  • Anti-Feminist (n=4)

  • Men's Rights Activist (n=2)

  • Individualist (n=2)

  • Humanist (n=1)

  • None (n=19)

Question 26. What other pill subreddits do you read?

showing responses for 'other'

  • /r/TumblrInAction

  • /r/Incels (2)

  • PunchingMorpheus

  • SJWHate

  • r/MGTOW (3)

  • Femra debates

  • Asktrp, extrp

Question 27. Do you read any of the following subreddits or websites?

showing responses for 'other'

  • Femradebates (3)

  • /r/AskMen (1)

Question 28. Do you read any of the following RP blogs or websites?

showing responses for 'other'

  • The Family Alpha (1)

  • sheddingtheego.com (site of prominent MGTOW named Barbarossa) (1)

Question 34. What "group" did you belong to in high school?

showing responses for 'other', Special Snowflakes (n=51)

  • badboy/drug crew

  • No group

  • Every

  • Didn't have ''groups'' in my school (not from USA)

  • Popular/preppy

  • Floated between them all but mostly focussed on my own thing.

  • All rounder

  • Regular, normal person

  • Mostly martial artists and politically active folk.

  • groups are for sheeple

  • No group, loner

  • bit of a loner. changed schools frequently (unrelated to behaviour).

  • Did my own thing

  • hot artists

  • Art majors, mostly. I was the only goth.

  • I didn't grow up in a 80s high school movie

  • hardcore/metal/punk rock

  • The groups are different where I live

  • Mix of them all

  • Smart non nerdy kids

  • Athletes + Geeks

  • Smart But not nerdy

  • Congregation of loners

  • Hanged out with both nerds and band/drama kids

  • Didnt have cliques

  • Punk

  • Orch dorks ftw

  • no category

  • Loner

  • Computer Gaming Party Kids

  • Troublemaking loner

  • Smart druggie kids

  • Not sure

  • Intermediate group, not super athletic or smarty smart

  • I was a cheerleader. Is that considered athlete?

  • None, somewhat of a loner

  • Gamers

  • some combo of smart/nerdy and freaks geeks mixed with party kids

  • Art kids

  • All of them except goth

  • i didn't live inside a movie about American high schools

  • None

  • All

  • I split my time between varsity sports and band. I was also in all Dual credit/ AP courses so, I fit in with the nerds too.

  • i had no friends

  • The middle-class kids in a working class school.

  • not the most popular, but like the upper middle class of popularity. Cool kids liked me, I was nice to band geeks

  • Not interested in school heararchy

  • There weren't "groups"

  • I was a nerd but my friends were just normal

  • punk

Question 36. Recommend a good tv show or movie to watch

Most popular answer: Westworld

Second most popular answer: Game of Thrones

Question 38. Best and Worst discussion topics on PPD?

Best Topic Winner: there were a few popular answers, but the most common was topics where one side really tries to understand the other

Worst Topic Winner: Incels

Question 20 Highlights

Question 20 asked to rank traits from most important (1) to least important (10) in a partner

Overall Score

  • Morals, personal values - 6.37

  • Kindness, compassion - 6.32

  • Intelligence - 6.29

  • Looks, sex appeal - 6.10

  • Maturity, emotional stability - 5.47

  • Humor - 5.31

  • Nurturing - 4.91

  • Confidence - 4.81

  • Similar tastes, interests - 4.73

  • Dominance or Submissiveness - 4.70

Top 3 answers for #1 most important trait

  • Looks, sex appeal 17.58%

  • Morals, personal values 17.03%

  • Intelligence and Dominance/Submissiveness 14.29%

Top 3 answers for #10 least important trait

  • Dominance/Submissiveness 25.27%

  • Similar tastes, interests 17.03%

  • Humor, Confidence and Nurturing 9.34%

RP vs BP Most Popular Answer for #1

  • BP: Tied between Intelligence and Morals, personal values 22.86%

  • RP: Looks, sex appeal by a landslide 32.00%

RP vs BP Most Popular Answer for #10

  • BP: Dominance or Submissiveness by a landslide 40.00%

  • RP: Similar tastes and interests 20.00%

Men vs Women Most Popular Answer for #1

  • Men: Looks, sex appeal 21.50%

  • Women: Intelligence 20.00%

Men vs Women Most Popular Answer for #10

  • Men: Dominance or Submissiveness 20.56%

  • Women: Dominance or Submissiveness 34.29%