Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale, RWA Test - the question form

1. The established authorities are usually right, while radicals and protesters are usually just loudmouths showing their ignorance.

2. Before getting married, women should promise their future husbands obedience and submission.

3. Our country urgently needs a strong leader who will do whatever is necessary to eliminate the radical new ideas and sinfulness that are destroying us.

4. Gay men and lesbians are just as healthy and moral as everyone else.

5. It is always better to trust the judgment of political or religious authorities than to listen to the empty talk of those who try to plant doubt in people's minds.

6. Atheists and people who protest against organized religion are certainly just as good and moral as those who regularly attend church.

7. The only way our country can get through the crisis is by returning to our traditional values, having strong leaders in power, and keeping quiet those troublemakers who spread bad ideas.

8. There is absolutely nothing wrong with nudist beaches.

9. Our country needs free-thinking people who have the courage to stand up to traditional ways, even if this upsets many people.

10. If we do not eliminate the perversions that are undermining our moral standards and traditions, our country will one day be destroyed.

11. Everyone should be able to live as they choose and be free to choose their religion and sexual preferences, even if this makes them different from others.

12. "Traditional ways of life" and "old-fashioned values" are still the best guides for how to live.

13. People who challenge laws that restrict the rights of certain groups should be admired.

14. What our country really needs is a strong, decisive leader who will defeat evil and lead us back to the right path.

15. Among the best people in our country are those who challenge our political authorities, criticize religion, and ignore the “traditional ways of solving problems.”

16. Church teachings about abortion, pornography, and marriage should be strictly obeyed before it is too late, and those who violate them should be severely punished.

17. These days, there are many radical and immoral people in our country who are trying to destroy it for their own purposes. The authorities should neutralize such people.

18. A woman's place should be wherever she chooses. The days when women obeyed their husbands and were constrained by old-fashioned social norms are long gone.

19. Our country will be great if we honor our ancestors, do what the government tells us to do, and get rid of the “bad apples” who could ruin everything.

20. There is no single right way to live life; each person creates their own path.

21. Homosexuals and feminists who openly challenge traditional family values deserve credit for their courage.

22. This country would be much better off if certain troublemakers would just keep quiet and take their traditional place in society.