世論 What Japan Thinks

And, of course, in the interest of equality, secrets women are keeping from their Japanese boyfriends. This was the topic of a recent goo Ranking survey, for both men’s secrets and women’s secrets.

Demographics

Between the 22nd and 26th of January 2009 1,071 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private online questionnaire. 51.8% of the sample were male, 6.9% in their teens, 14.3% in their twenties, 28.9% in their thirties, 27.8% in their forties, 11.3% in their fifties, and 10.8% 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.

Looking at the answers, one can assume that it is mostly the single people who are answering, but even still it does paint a picture of rather casual relationships with cheating being an activity that many people are participating in.

For me personally, number three is pretty close, but in a good way. Before I met my wife my ideal was based on relatively low expectations, I suppose, but she is so completely different to the sort of person I thought I could ever hope to meet. Ahh, I could go on and on about her, but then we’d get into number six territory!

Ranking result

Q: What thing do you think it would be a bummer if your girlfriend were to find out? (Sample size=555, men)

Rank		Score
1	What’s stored on my computer	100
2	How much I have in the bank	41.1
3	My real ideal woman type	38.3
4	I’m still in contact with my ex	29.9
5	My room’s a mess	28.0
6	My blog, SNS activities	28.0
7	I’m peeking at her mobile phone	22.4
8=	My extravagant spending habits	20.6
8=	My weight	20.6
10=	How many games, manga comics I have	18.7
10=	I call my parents Papa and Mama	18.7
10=	I have more than one mobile phone	18.7
13	My snoring, teeth-grinding	15.0
14	There’s someone else who fancies me	14.0
15=	I’ve been asked out by and gone drinking with a woman	13.1
15=	I go to pop idol concerts	13.1
17=	I toss and turn in my sleep	11.2
17=	My obsession with a celebrity	11.2
19	I’m scared of stuff	8.4
20	I’ve got photos I’ve taken of myself on my mobile phone	6.5

Q: What thing do you think it would be a bummer if your boyfriend were to find out? (Sample size=516, women)

Rank		Score
1	What’s stored on my computer	100
2	My weight	85.9
3	How much I have in the bank	82.1
4	I’m peeking at his mobile phone	69.2
5	My room’s a mess	67.9
6	My blog, SNS activities	64.1
7	I’m still in contact with my ex	47.4
8	My real ideal man type	41.0
9	My snoring, teeth-grinding	38.5
10	My extravagant spending habits	33.3
11=	I have more than one mobile phone	29.5
11=	How many games, manga comics I have	29.5
13	I’ve got photos I’ve taken of myself on my mobile phone	28.2
14=	There’s someone else who fancies me	26.9
14=	I’ve been asked out by and gone drinking with a man	26.9
16=	My obsession with a celebrity	25.6
16=	I can’t cook	25.6
18	I go to pop idol concerts	23.1
19	I toss and turn in my sleep	21.8
20	I call my parents Papa and Mama	19.2