世論 What Japan Thinks

We’ve looked before in detail at handsomeness, but here is a slightly different take from goo Ranking; the top twenty ways Japanese fathers can retain that certain air of attractiveness, not only from their wives’ and children’s perspectives, but also from the point of view of female (and male too) colleagues and other associates. The fieldwork for the survey was conducted over the 24th and 25th of October 2007 amongst the members of the goo Research online monitor panel.

The subject for this one was a little difficult to translate; perhaps if there was a female version (and if there is one, I will definitely translate!) I could have used the expression “Yummy Mummy”, but here I was at a bit of a loss to come up with a suitable term. The Japanese expression was 父親でもモテる人, oyaji demo moteru hito.

Ranking results

Q: What are the necessary requirements for being attractive despite being a father?

Rank	Requirement	Score
1	Holding family dear	100
2	KY, kuuki ga yomeru, can sense the mood	91.3
3	Not smelling of old age	88.2
4	Looking young for one’s age	84.8
5	Having good fashion sense	75.6
6	Not giving off an air of tiredness	69.4
7	Not having put on much weight since marriage	60.0
8	Having a lot of general knowledge	54.7
9	Can do housework (cooking, washing, cleaning, etc)	54.0
10	Having a broad circle of friends	51.9
11	Exercising regularly	51.6
12	Proactive in childcare	47.6
13	Having a hobby to get into	45.8
14	Can chat about young people’s topics	41.9
15	Going to the barber, hairdresser regularly	37.5
16	Likes going out	34.6
17	Having classy shoes, bag	34.1
18	Knows what’s in vogue	31.0
19	Knowledgeable about politics, economics, etc	29.6
20	Not telling corny jokes	28.4

Q: From a woman’s point of view, what are the necessary requirements for being attractive despite being a father?

Rank	Requirement	Score
1	Holding family dear	100
2	Not smelling of old age	86.9
3	KY, kuuki ga yomeru, can sense the mood	86.3
4	Looking young for one’s age	69.9
5	Having good fashion sense	67.8
6	Not giving off an air of tiredness	67.5
7	Can do housework (cooking, washing, cleaning, etc)	56.3
8	Proactive in childcare	51.6
9	Not having put on much weight since marriage	50.3
10	Exercising regularly	46.4
11	Having a lot of general knowledge	46.4
12	Having a broad circle of friends	44.0
13	Having a hobby to get into	39.9
14	Going to the barber, hairdresser regularly	37.4
15	Having classy shoes, bag	33.9
16	Can chat about young people’s topics	33.9
17	Likes going out	32.5
18	Knowledgeable about politics, economics, etc	29.2
19	Not telling corny jokes	27.0
20	Knowing what’s in vogue	24.0

Q: From a man’s point of view, what are the necessary requirements for being attractive despite being a father?

Rank	Requirement	Score
1	Looking young for one’s age	100
2	Holding family dear	90.6
3	KY, kuuki ga yomeru, can sense the mood	90.6
4	Not smelling of old age	82.1
5	Having good fashion sense	80.8
6	Not having put on much weight since marriage	69.7
7	Not giving off an air of tiredness	65.8
8	Having a lot of general knowledge	62.4
9	Having a broad circle of friends	59.4
10	Exercising regularly	54.7
11	Having a hobby to get into	50.9
12	Can chat about young people’s topics	50.4
13	Can do housework (cooking, washing, cleaning, etc)	45.3
14	Knowing what’s in vogue	38.9
15	Proactive in childcare	36.8
16	Likes going out	34.6
17	Not smelling of family	34.6
18	Going to the barber, hairdresser regularly	34.2
19	Having classy shoes, bag	31.2
20	Not telling corny jokes	27.8