世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s a fun survey from goo Ranking, looking at what sorts of activities people would fogive their partners for doing with other members of the opposite sex from their partner, for both women would forgive their boyfriends for and men would forgive their girlfriends for.

Demographics

Between the 20th and 22nd of August 2009 1,077 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private online questionnaire. 51.1% of the sample were male, 8.4% in their teens, 14.2% in their twenties, 26.7% in their thirties, 28.2% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 11.2% 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.

The same question was asked last year, if you wish to cross-reference.

Now that I have cross-referenced, I see that the answers are almost the same…

Ranking result

Q: What would you forgive your boyfriend for doing with another girl? (Sample size=527, women)

Rank		Score
1	Going out to eat in a mixed group	100
2	Visiting her when she’s sick	87.2
3	Her coming to visit him when he’s sick	65.3
4	Praising her	60.7
5	Discussing love and relationships with her	55.1
6	Treating her to a meal	42.9
7	Going on a trip with a mixed group	25.0
8	Hiding from me email send from or to her	25.0
9	Just the two of them going out for a meal	20.9
10	Hiding from me telephone calls from or to her	19.9
11	Secretly going to a dating party	17.9
12	Frequently talking about her	16.8
13	Getting email from her daily	15.8
14	Sending her email daily	14.8
15	Saving email from her	13.8
16	Calling each other by private nicknames	12.8
17=	Staying over	12.2
17=	Just the two of them going for a drive	12.2
17=	Walking hand-in-hand	12.2
20	Staying in a hotel overnight together	11.7

Q: What would you forgive your girlfriend for doing with another guy? (Sample size=550, men)

Rank		Score
1	Going out to eat in a mixed group	100
2	Visiting him when he’s sick	83.9
3	Him coming to visit her when she’s sick	69.2
4	Praising him	67.1
5	Discussing love and relationships with him	59.4
6	Treating him to a meal	35.7
7	Going on a trip with a mixed group	28.7
8=	Hiding from me telephone calls from or to him	23.8
8=	Hiding from me email send from or to him	23.8
10	Frequently talking about him	23.1
11	Secretly going to a dating party	22.4
12=	Sending him email daily	18.9
12=	Staying over	18.9
14=	Just the two of them going out for a meal	18.2
14=	Getting email from him daily	18.2
14=	Staying in a hotel overnight together	18.2
17	Calling each other by private nicknames	17.5
18=	Saving email from him	16.8
18=	Hiding that she’s already got a boyfriend	16.8
20	Getting an expensive present from him	16.1