世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s another fun look at the sexes courtesy of goo Ranking, this time considering when people feel it they don’t need a partner, for both men not needed women and women not needing men.

Demographics

Between the 21st and 23rd of November 2008 1,083 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.4% of the sample were female, 9.0% in their teens, 15.7% in their twenties, 29.1% in their thirties, 25.5% in their forties, 11.3% in their fifties, and 9.4% 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.

You may want to contrast this survey with another silly one on when a woman needs a man.

Although the actual question was in the past tense, I translated everything in the present tense to give it more of a sense of urgency.

For me, I think my most common moment was when I listened to The Smiths! Other times combined both 1 and 9, when I went on trips to watch Grands Prix in both Japan and Malaysia

Ranking result

Q: What moments do you think you don’t need a woman? (Sample size=537, men)

Rank		Score
1	When I’d engrossed in my hobby	100
2	When I’m relaxing at home by myself	58.5
3	When I’m hanging out with my male friends	56.5
4	When I’m feeling work is fun	47.6
5	When I’m enjoying a day off lazing about the house	36.7
6	When I’m busy at work	26.5
7	When I’m striving for my dream	23.1
8	When I’m out enjoying the nightlife	21.1
9=	When I go on a trip by myself	15.6
9=	When I’m broken hearted	15.6
11	When I can’t meet anyone nice	13.6
12=	When all my friends are unattached	12.2
12=	When I see a man having to pay all the bills for his woman	12.2
14=	When I buy something expensive	10.2
14=	When I see someone having fun being single	10.2
16	When friends complain about their partners	9.5
17=	When I can’t be bothered tidying my room	8.2
17=	When I go on a dating party	8.2
19=	When I realise I can easily handle all the housework myself	7.5
19=	When someone’s flirting with me	7.5

Q: What moments do you think you don’t need a man? (Sample size=546, women)

Rank		Score
1	When I’d engrossed in my hobby	100
2	When I’m hanging out with my female friends	89.7
3	When I’m relaxing at home by myself	73.9
4	When I’m feeling work is fun	69.0
5	When I’m enjoying a day off lazing about the house	59.2
6	When I’m striving for my dream	39.7
7	When I’m out enjoying the nightlife	35.9
8	When I’m busy at work	31.0
9	When I can’t be bothered tidying my room	29.3
10	When all my friends are unattached	27.7
11	When someone’s flirting with me	27.2
12	When I see someone having fun being single	25.0
13	When I can’t meet anyone nice	24.5
14	When I’m broken hearted	20.1
15=	When friends complain about their partners	16.8
15=	When I see a woman having to pay all the bills for her man	16.8
17	When I go on a trip by myself	13.0
18	When I realise I can easily handle all the housework myself	9.8
19	When I go on a dating party	9.2
20	When I buy something expensive	7.1