世論 What Japan Thinks

DIMSDRIVE Research recently published as part of their 103rd Ranking Research the results of a questionnaire to discover what people envied about the opposite sex. Over a week in mid-November 2,373 men and 2,334 women from their monitor group supplied their answers.

This appears to be just a fun, perhaps even silly, question, but when you look at the answers you see a lot of honest, even bitter, opinions on how people view the opposite sex. It’s also interesting how women envy men because men don’t need to do the things the men envy in women. (I don’t think that makes much sense…)

Q: What do you envy about the female sex? (Sample size=2,373, free answer)

Rank		Votes
1	Lots of women-only services, etc	168
2	Can get dolled up in make-up etc	126
3	Lots of fashion options	111
4	People are kindly disposed to them	98
5	Can have babies	94
6	Can be full-time housewives	88
7	Get treated to things	86
8	“Woman’s weapons” – can twist men around their fingers	71
9	Work is easy	60
10	Can live freely	33

Q: What do you envy about the male sex? (Sample size=2,334, free answer)

Rank		Votes
1	Can devote their life to just work	190
2	No periods	180
3	Can get away without doing any housework	159
4	Don’t need to get dolled up in make-up etc	136
5	Have muscular or stong physique	97
6	Get advantages at work regarding promotion, salary, etc	89
7	Don’t need to have babies	87
8	Going to the toilet is easier	76
9	Inter-personal relationships are smooth	63
10	Can go drinking all night	47

Looking at the detailed breakdown by age, some of the other male answers included that they can just burst into tears and be forgiven, and for retired males, the fact that they live longer! For women, they envied that men could travel or eat out alone, after marriage they could still lead the same free life as when they were single, and they could go topless in hot weather!