Why herbivore boys don’t get the girl
AdvertisementThe poor herbivore boys have been beaten to death by both me and the mainstream press, so let’s dance on their graves with goo Ranking at why herbivore boys don’t have girlfriends. I promise that this will be my last mention of herbivore boys! Probably…
Demographics
Between the 18th and 24th of September 2009 1,156 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 63.8% of the sample were female, 10.1% in their teens, 20.8% in their twenties, 30.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.3% in their fifties, and 6.4% 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. This does seem like a rather unusual demographic spread for goo Research.
When I was a herbivore boy it was probably number 3 and number 6 for me.
Ranking result
Q: Why don’t herbivore boys have girlfriends? (Sample size=1,156)
Rank Score 1 They value their time by themselves 100 2 They’re satisfied with their current situation 95.3 3 They’re too shy, easily embarrassed 91.2 4 It’s just too much bother for them 81.6 5 They don’t like devouring things 76.9 6 They’re scared of being dumped 72.3 7 It’s easier on them hanging out with male friends 65.7 8 They’re not interested in marriage 63.2 9 They’re scared of carnivore boys 49.2 10 Dating is a waste of resources 41.2
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What is a “herbivore” boy? At first I thought you meant vegetarian, but I’m guessing it’s slang for something else.
Hi Pearl,
A herbivore boy is a name for passive guys who aren’t terribly interested in chasing girls, and prefers to stay within their safety zone rather than risk any sort of adventure, be it with women or travelling or living abroad, etc. I saw a segment on the news last week about “inward-looking” students – Kyoto University (the second most prestigious uni in Japan) reported that even though they offered a tutition fees waiver, an extra allowance, free accommodation, etc, they could only find about 30 people willing to take up any of the 130 places they had on offer for one year overseas study. That’s the sort of effect “herbivore boys” are having on Japanese society.