NNNapolitan News Service (RMG Research)

Please let me know if you agree or disagree with each of the following statements:

Science proves that there are only two genders, male and female.

Wording notes: asserts a scientific consensus as the premise of the statement, so disagreeing reads as denying science rather than as holding a different view of the sex/gender distinction | conflates 'sex' and 'gender' in a battery where the distinction is the whole issue | embedded in a battery otherwise about sexual morality, religion and the Bible, which primes a traditionalist frame

loaded_terms — prefacing the claim with 'Science proves' loads an appeal to authority into the stem; the surrounding battery of sexual-morality statements further frames the item as a values test rather than an empirical one

Think for a moment about stores that sell children's clothing. Is it appropriate for such stores to display clothing and signs promoting the idea that children can choose their own genders?

Wording notes: 'promoting the idea that children can choose their own genders' is an opponents' characterization of Pride merchandising, not a neutral description | 'choose their own genders' implies volition, which is contested | fielded weeks after the Target Pride-collection backlash, unmentioned in the stem

loaded_terms — the object of the question is described in the framing its critics use ('promoting the idea that children can choose their own genders'), so the item measures reaction to that characterization as much as to the underlying retail practice

Many people are uncomfortable with the idea of a biological male who identifies as a female and dresses as a woman. Does being uncomfortable with the idea of transgender people mean someone is a bigot?

Wording notes: opens by normalizing the attitude under test ('Many people are uncomfortable') | 'bigot' is a maximally pejorative label, so the affirming answer requires endorsing an insult toward the 'many people' just described | 'a biological male who identifies as a female and dresses as a woman' reduces trans women to presentation and is the only description offered

tilts_restrictive — the preamble establishes that the attitude is widely held before asking whether it is bigotry, and the only affirming answer available is to call a large group bigots - a well-known suppressor of agreement

Do you have any close friends or family members who claim gender identities that are different from their genders at birth?

Wording notes: 'claim gender identities' rather than 'have' or 'identify with' casts the identity as an assertion of doubtful standing

loaded_terms — 'claim' is the one non-neutral word in an otherwise standard contact item; it signals scepticism in the pollster's own voice on a question that is meant to be purely factual

Please let me know if you agree or disagree with each of the following statements:

Please let me know if you agree or disagree with each of the following statements: Science proves that there are only two genders, male and female.

Wording notes: asserts a scientific consensus inside the statement rather than asking what the respondent believes | 'genders' rather than 'sexes', so the statement claims science settles a question about gender | agree-only statement format with no counter-statement offered, which invites acquiescence

loaded_terms — The item does not ask how many genders there are; it asks agreement with the proposition that 'science proves' a particular answer. Disagreeing therefore reads as denying science rather than as holding a different view of gender, and the surrounding battery of traditionalist statements sets an acquiescent frame.