世論 What Japan Thinks

This Sunday I have a pair of loosely-connected surveys, the first on what would you forgive you partner for doing, for both men forgiving women and women forgiving men. Next up is perhaps why one would forgive one’s other half, namely what aspects of him or her do they like, again both what men like about their women and what women like about their men.

Demographics

Between the 25th and 28th of July 2008 1,072 members of the goo Research online monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.3% of the sample were male, 5.7% in their teens, 14.4% in their twenties, 31,0% in their thirties, 28.1% in their forties, 10.5% in their fifties, and 10.4% 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 find it interesting that for people’s other half qualities like “considerate”, “courteous” or “well-mannered” do not appear on the list.

Ranking results

Q1: What do you forgive your woman for doing with other men? (Sample size=539, men)

Rank		Score
1	Going out for a meal with a group including guys	100
2	Going to visit a guy in hospital	97.8
3	Getting visited by a guy in hospital	72.9
4	Praising a guy other than me	67.6
5	Discussing with a guy about love matters	49.8
6	A guy buying her lunch, dinner	38.3
7	Going on a trip with a group including guys	33.3
8	Hiding email sent to/from a guy	27.7
9	Hiding phone calls to/from a guy	26.8
10	Just the two of them going for a meal	25.5
11	Getting an expensive present from a guy	22.7
12	Frequent chats to a guy other than me	20.6
13	She and my guy calling each other by nicknames	20.6
14	Getting email from a guy every day	19.3
15	Sending email to a guy every day	16.2
16	Secretly going to a dating party	15.0
17	Saving mail from a guy	14.6
18	Getting phone calls from a guy every day	14.3
19	Hiding a lover	13.7
20	Making phone calls to a guy every day	12.8

Q1: What do you forgive your man for doing with other women? (Sample size=533, women)

Rank		Score
1	Going out for a meal with a group including girls	100
2	Going to visit a girl in hospital	79.3
3	Getting visited by a girl in hospital	65.7
4	Praising a girl other than me	60.3
5	Discussing with a girl about love matters	43.6
6	Him buying a girl lunch, dinner	40.9
7	Going on a trip with a group including girls	32.4
8	Just the two of them going for a meal	20.2
9	Frequent chats to a girl other than me	17.5
10	Hiding phone calls to/from a girl	17.0
11	Hiding email sent to/from a girl	16.8
12	Getting email from a girl every day	15.1
13	Secretly going to a dating party	12.7
14	Getting an expensive present from a girl	12.2
15	Sending email to a girl every day	11.4
16	She and my guy calling each other by nicknames	10.9
17	Getting phone calls from a girl every day	10.2
18	Two of them going on a trip together	9.0
19	Saving email from a girl	8.8
20	Making phone calls to a girl every day	8.5

Q2: What do you like about your woman? (Sample size=539, men)

Rank		Score
1	Gentle	100
2	Makes me feel special	71.8
3	Frank	69.2
4	Has the things I lack	60.8
5	Looks	55.1
6	Doesn’t lie	53.7
7	Holds family dear	52.0
8	Good at housework	48.5
9	Can sense the mood	44.1
10	Listens to me	40.5
11	Good head	39.6
12	Serious	38.8
13	Unrestrained	38.3
14	Has same hobbies	37.9
15	Optimistic	37.0
16	Fun	32.6
17	Child-like	32.2
18	My friends like her	30.8
19	Voice	26.9
20	Tolerant	26.4

Q2: What do you like about your man? (Sample size=533, women)

Rank		Score
1	Gentle	100
2	Makes me feel special	81.0
3	Serious	70.1
4	Has the things I lack	66.9
5	Dependable	61.7
6	Tolerant	56.6
7	Holds family dear	53.7
8	Doesn’t lie	52.4
9	Listens to me	51.4
10	Fun	48.9
11	Good head	48.2
12	Unrestrained	44.7
13	Frank	42.8
14	Can sense the mood	38.9
15	Optimistic	38.3
16	Has same hobbies	36.0
17	My friends like him	28.6
18	Looks	28.0
19	Voice	26.4
20	Wholehearted	25.7