世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s another entertaining find from goo Ranking, this time the top ten actions that women think makes men look manly. The fieldwork was conducted between the 20th and 24th of July 2007, but as usual no further demographic information was available.

Sadly there is no guys rating women equivalent of this survey published yet, but if it appears I’ll be sure to report on it.

I thought that smoking activities were rather high on the list, and does choosing a drink for the ladies really impress them? Quite frankly, most of the answers are characteristics I might expect to see in hosts, not the average guy. Perhaps these results go some way to explain why host bars exist?

Ranking results

Q: What actions by men in bars do you think are manly?

Rank	Action	Score
1	Paying for the drinks	100
2	Extending a hand to help a woman off a high bar stool	96.7
3	Bantering with the bartender	66.2
4	Choosing a drink for the lady	62.4
5	An innocent smile	49.3
6	Lighting a cigarette	40.8
7	Being thoughtful	34.7
8	Drinking bourbon	26.3
9	Blowing cigarette smoke	23.0
10	Discretely pointing out the ladies’ room	23.0