世論 What Japan Thinks

One traditional form of finding a member of the opposite sex is the group dating party thing, or the 合コン, go-kon in Japanese, where a group of usually three of four guys and girls go out and things may or may not develop. Following on from their look at male irritations goo Ranking took a look at what sort of activities from fellow girls at go-kons irritate them.

Demographics

Between the 21st and 24th of July 2009 1,026 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private online questionnaire. 48.2% of the sample were male, 8.0% in their teens, 14.6% in their twenties, 28.8% in their thirties, 26.0% in their forties, 12.5% in their fifties, and 10.1% 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.

Hmm, the translation for number 13 was unlucky for me and makes no sense! I would welcome a better translation.

Ranking results

Q: What behaviour from other women at a go-kon irritates you? (Sample size=531, female)

Rank		Score
1	Taking in a squeakier voice than normal	100
2	Being an airhead	95.9
3	Staring with upturned eyes in feigned amazement	86.9
4	Pretending to get drunk easily	80.3
5	Pretending she doesn’t have a boyfriend	74.6
6	Looking bored	65.6
7	Pretending to be a light eater	59.8
8=	Talking like a kid (using youth slang, etc)	58.2
8=	Pushing me towards a guy who’s not my type	58.2
10	Deliberately turning up late	43.4
11	Getting lost in conversation with one guy	42.6
12	Always looking in the mirror	39.3
13	Taking the initiative and tactfully moving people around	36.1
14=	Wearing completely different fashion from usual	33.6
14=	Unnecessary smiling	33.6
16	Not going to the toilet by herself	32.8
17	Saying “I haven’t had a boyfriend for years!”	32.0
18	Going on and on about ex-boyfriends	27.0
19=	Ordering whatever whenever she wants	17.2
19=	Being too fussy about the kinds of alcohol being ordered	17.2