世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking took a look at what secrets that if you heard about someone of the opposite sex that you liked, they’d go down in your opinion, for both men hearing about women and women hearing about men.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 21st of December 2009 1,077 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 8.7% in their teens, 15.3% in their twenties, 27.0% in their thirties, 27.8% in their forties, 11.9% in their fifties, and 9.3% 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.

Just to explain a couple, a Yankee is basically a juvenile delinquent, a gal is a young girl with dyed blonde hair and far too much makeup, and a gal-man is, according to Google Images, a guy with well, just look at the fine specimens here.

Ranking results

Q: Hearing what secrets of a girl you like would cause you to take a step backwards? (Sample size=528, male)

Rank		Score
1	She only bathes once every few days	100
2	She’s got debts	79.5
3	She’s hiding a past marriage	64.4
4	She’s had cosmetic surgery	57.5
5	She wears the same clothes many times without washing	55.5
6	She’s been two-timing, three-timing and more	49.3
7=	She lies about her age	45.2
7=	Her parents buy her clothes	45.2
9	Her parents tidy her room	41.1
10	She’s got a mother, father complex	37.0
11	She’s unemployed	34.2
12=	She misrepresents her past love life	32.9
12=	She’s got no cash in the bank	32.9
14	She’s an ex-Yankee	32.2
15	She’s a groupie	27.4
16	She’s an ex-gal	26.7
17	She’s got a rather expensive hobby	21.9
18	She’s in touch with the spirit world	16.4
19	She’s got an otaku hobby	14.4
20	She like cos-play (dressing up)	12.3

Q: Hearing what secrets of a guy you like would cause you to take a step backwards? (Sample size=549, female)

Rank		Score
1	His parents buy his clothes	100
2	He only bathes once every few days	98.4
3	He’s got debts	97.3
4	He’s got a mother, father complex	90.9
5	He’s unemployed	87.6
6	He’s hiding a past marriage	79.6
7	His parents tidy his room	75.3
8	He’s got no cash in the bank	60.8
9	He wears the same clothes many times without washing	55.4
10	He’s had cosmetic surgery	54.8
11	He’s been two-timing, three-timing and more	54.3
12	He’s a groupie	47.3
13	He like cos-play (dressing up)	46.2
14	He lies about his age	39.2
15	He misrepresents his past love life	33.3
16	He’s got a rather expensive hobby	31.2
17	He’s got an otaku hobby	27.4
18	He doesn’t have a driving license	26.9
19	He’s an gal-man	26.3
20	He’s an ex-Yankee	23.7