Mysterious behaviour of Japanese women and men
The ways of the opposite sex are baffling to many of us, so this little bit of frivolity from goo Ranking looked at what people can’t figure out about the opposite sex, for both men being baffled by women and women being baffled by men
Demographics
Between the 19th and 21st of August 2008 1,028 members of the goo Research monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.0% of the sample were female, 5.7% in their teens, 11.2% in their twenties, 30.4% in their thirties, 30.6% in their forties, 14.7% in their fifties, and 7.3% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
I’ll have to nod in agreement with just about all the women’s behaviours! Number 4 is most irritating for me, and number 6 is just inexplicable!
For the men’s number one, women obviously don’t know that about half the men in my office gob into the urinal. I have no clue why either. Talking of men liking Gundam, Japan Today had a strange quote from a comedian regarding Gundam and pr0n!
Ranking result
Q: What behaviour by women leaves you asking “why”? (Sample size=493, men)
Rank Score 1 Why is she losing more weight than necessary? 100 2 When one woman says “that’s cute!”, why do they all join in? 81.9 3 Why do women all go to the toilet together 69.4 4 Why does she complain about my choices even after saying she’ll leave it up to me? 68.4 5 Why does she spend so long shopping? 53.4 6 Why does she shave her eyebrows then draw them back on? 48.7 7 Why does she use cosmetics every day? 35.2 8 Why is she so into getting her fortune told? 32.6 9 Why is she so indirect about what she is thinking? 32.6 10 Why can she eat cake even when full up? 30.6 11 Why has she got lots of bags? 29.0 12= Why when women chat does the topic keep changing? 27.5 12= Why is she always asking her boyfriend if he loves her? 27.5 14 Why does she buy clothes but not wear them? 26.9 15 Why does she get wrapped up in the trendy dramas on TV? 26.9 16 Why does she fall for bad boys? 25.9 17 Why does she want to hear me talk? 25.9 18= Why does she grow her nails long, wear nail polish? 24.9 18= When going for lunch, why does she have a small bag just to hold her wallet? 23.9 20 Why does she wear skimpy clothing even when it’s cold out? 22.8 21 Why does she hold hands with her female friends, mother? 18.7 22 Why doesn’t she make a clean break from her ex? 18.1 23 Why doesn’t she give up until she is convinced? 17.6 24 Why does she get into fight mode at the sales? 17.1 25= When reading a map, why does she turn the map so her direction of facing is towards the top? 16.6 25= Why doesn’t she go to restaurants by herself? 16.6 27 Why does she spend so long in the toilet? 15.0 28 Why does she want a kiss on first meeting? 14.0 29 Why does she change her boyfriend’s room to suit her own tastes? 11.4 30 Even when she is hungry, why doesn’t she eat a lot? 10.9 Q: What behaviour by men leaves you asking “why”? (Sample size=535, women)
Rank Score 1 Why does he spit in the gutter? 100 2 Why does he spend money on worthless stuff? 80.3 3 Why does he tell transparent lies? 80.3 4 Why does he keep in touch with her even after breaking up? 69.9 5 Why does he think childish women are cute? 62.3 6 Even when he knows he’s taken the wrong route, why doesn’t he turn back? 60.7 7 Why is he proud of his ill-health? 59.6 8 Why doesn’t he throw out the rubbish in his room? 56.3 9 Why does he make many absent-minded replies? 48.6 10 Why does he often drink canned coffee, fizzy drinks 44.8 11 Why does he like young girls? 42.6 12 Why is he proud of things he can’t do? 42.1 13 Why doesn’t he put the toilet seat down? 41.5 14= Why do his emails contain just the bare minimum? 40.4 14= Even though he has a girlfriend, why does he often put a priority on his male friends? 40.4 16= Why can’t he do two or more things at the same time? 38.8 16= Why does he fret excessively about his hair? (Thinning, etc) 38.8 18 Why is he bad at thinking about what to do first in his private life? 38.3 19 Why doesn’t he break out of his own world? 35.5 20 Why does he keep wearing the same suit? 35.0 21 When he gets engrossed in work, why can’t he look at anything else? 30.1 22 When discussing things, why does he always want to propose solutions? 26.8 23 Why does he like Gundam? 22.4 24 Why is he slow to reply to email? 21.3 25= Why is he cruel to people he likes? 20.8 25= Why does he like to buy stuff on release day? 20.8 27 Why does he find holding hands embarrassing? 19.7 28 Why does he like stuff with engines? 16.9 29= Why does he walk holding the nape of his (his girlfriend’s?) neck? 16.4 29= Why does he like being the first to do something 16.4
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Nick said,
October 6, 2008 @ 09:45
Now that’s neat ! and so true !
Phil said,
October 6, 2008 @ 17:11
Haha! Awesome!
These are more or less the same problems as in Europe…
Except maybe 11: Why does he like young girls?
….
Piku said,
October 17, 2008 @ 06:45
lol
Gundam….
Cameron said,
October 19, 2008 @ 05:25
#13, the toilet seat thing…that’s something women just have to learn to deal with. For years I’ve heard all kinds of fits over it and in spite of my best intentions could never remember. I could be standing there pissing into it thinking, “I’d better put that seat down,” and completely forget by the time I flush. The best solution was just to date girls who grew up with brothers; they never pitch a fit over it, they simply put the damn thing down themselves.
And then one woman told me, “Did you know that when you flush, everything in the bowl sprays up to 10 meters away?” And ever since then I put the seat AND lid down.
If I were a woman… » 世論 What Japan Thinks said,
October 19, 2008 @ 22:53
[…] I’m sure not being female doesn’t stop people doing 4, 5, 9, 14, and 15, of course. Interestingly, none of the men here seem to be wanting to seek the answers for mysterious female behaviour. […]
Kelsey said,
November 18, 2008 @ 05:19
3 Why do women all go to the toilet together So they don’t get raped, or to try out each others’ makeup
4 Why does she complain about my choices even after saying she’ll leave it up to me? She was testing your judgment. You failed.
5 Why does she spend so long shopping? We need to compare prices, and look to see how different colors/ fabrics look with our hair or another piece of clothing, so that may require mixing and matching, so you’d need to try things on… It’s an extensive process.
12 Why when women chat does the topic keep changing? While talking about one topic, someone may say something that will remind us of something that we hadn”t talked about yet, so we need to bring that up, and in doing so, it may remind another girl of something else she wanted to share. (I remember taking a conversation between two other people from seatbelts to refrigerators, with Nazis somewhere in the middle)
16 Why does she fall for bad boys? She romanticizes the thought of bad boys to focus on the thrill of walking on the wild side and disregarding the law, instead of realizing the dangers of walking on the wild side and disregarding the law
20 Why does she wear skimpy clothing even when it’s cold out? She needs attention.
24 Why does she get into fight mode at the sales? It’s a matter of feminine pride, getting the best things for the lowest prices.
25 When reading a map, why does she turn the map so her direction of facing is towards the top? In order to know how to get to where we need to go, we need to be able to match up the map with our own orientation, that way, we can find our based on “Left and right” directions.
25 Why doesn’t she go to restaurants by herself? She wants someone else to pay for her food.
29 Why does she change her boyfriend’s room to suit her own tastes? It’s a way of marking her territory. That way, if another woman enters, she should know right away that someone has already claimed this man.
Kelsey said,
November 18, 2008 @ 05:37
2 Why does he spend money on worthless stuff? It’s not worthless to him.
5 Why does he think childish women are cute? They make him feel smarter and more mature
7 Why is he proud of his ill-health? If he is alive and still working, he’ll talk about his ill-health so that you’ll be impressed by his resilience *despite* his ill health.
10 Why does he often drink canned coffee, fizzy drinks? It gives him back the energy that he looses from being with you.
11 Why does he like young girls? They are pretty and Naive.
12 Why is he proud of things he can’t do? They boast about how they can’t do something in an effort to seem less boastful.
19 Why doesn’t he break out of his own world? only prisoners need to “Break out” he’s there of his own free will.
Kelsey said,
November 18, 2008 @ 11:04
22 When discussing things, why does he always want to propose solutions? If you’re discussing problems, he’ll offer solutions because he wants you to solve that problem as soon as possible, so he won’t have to keep hearing you talk about how that problem progressively get worse over and over again.
24 Why is he slow to reply to email? No one checks their Email, everyone is texting now. get with the times.
25 Why does he like to buy stuff on release day? So he can boast about how devoted he is to his fandom.
27 Why does he find holding hands embarrassing? because then everyone that sees you will know how whipped he is.
28 Why does he like stuff with engines? VROOM, VROOM!
29 Why does he like being the first to do something If he can’t be the best at something, he can at least be the first.