世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s another great survey from goo Ranking, this time looking at what went through people’s minds when they had their first snog, for both men and women. As usual for goo Ranking, they have filtered out the more crude answers, although I hope I make up for it with the clip below…

Demographics

Between the 21st and 24th of April 2009 1,071 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.4% of the sample were female, 9.2% were in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 27.5% in their thirties, 27.5% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 10.4% aged sixty or older.

The lemons one must be some sort of Japanese children’s idea, I suppose!

I’ll not tell you about my first kiss thoughts, but here’s one line (at about 2:12) I did try on a Japanese girl that involved far too much explaining of the imagery afterwards.

Ranking result

Q: What were you really thinking when you had your first kiss? (Sample size=520, male)

Rank		Score
1	Is this what it’s supposed to feel like?	100
2	Is my breath fresh?	89.1
3	What happens afterwards?	68.8
4	How long should we continue for?	51.6
5	Is it OK for me to open my eyes	42.2
6	How do I breathe?	32.8
7	I hope no-one sees us	28.1
8	Is it her first kiss too?	26.6
9	What should I do with my hands?	21.9
10	How do other people kiss?	18.8
11=	Is she really the one I should be kissing?	15.6
11=	What did she have for breakfast?	15.6
13=	Will we continue to marriage	12.5
13=	I’m hopeless at kissing	12.5
13=	Does she cut her nose hair?	12.5
16	It doesn’t taste of lemons!	7.8
17=	How should I cope with the height difference?	6.3
17=	Did I use too much Chapstick?	6.3
19	Is her lipstick OK?	4.7
20	Yuk!	1.6

Q: What were you really thinking when you had your first kiss? (Sample size=551, female)

Rank		Score
1	Is this what it’s supposed to feel like?	100
2	How do I breathe?	69.1
3	Is my breath fresh?	67.9
4	What happens afterwards?	64.2
5	Is it OK for me to open my eyes	59.3
6	How long should we continue for?	54.3
7	I hope no-one sees us	42.0
8	Is he really the one I should be kissing?	35.8
9	What should I do with my hands?	33.3
10	Yuk!	19.8
11	It doesn’t taste of lemons!	16.0
12	Is it his first kiss too?	12.3
13	How do other people kiss?	11.1
14	I’m hopeless at kissing	7.4
15	What did he have for breakfast?	6.2
16=	Did I use too much Chapstick?	4.9
16=	Will we continue to marriage	4.9
16=	Is my lipstick OK?	4.9
19=	Does he cut his nose hair?	3.7
19=	How should I cope with the height difference?	3.7