世論 What Japan Thinks

This is my favourite of the three goo Ranking for this Silly Sunday, a look at what sorts of friends of the opposite sex would you definitely not want to introduce to friends of the same sex, for both women men definitely wouldn’t introduce to male friends and men women definitely wouldn’t introduce to female friends. I hope that makes sense, and I hope I’ve got it the right way round!

Demographics

Between the 23rd and 26th of April 2010 1,187 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-base questionnaire. 61.4% of the sample were female, 10.1% in their teens, 17.4% in their twenties, 30.9% in their thirties, 24.9% in their forties, 10.1% in their fifties, and 6.5% 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.

My wife occasionally gets requests from her friends to ask me if I know any foreigners that we could introduce to her friends, but out of principle I wouldn’t really want to introduce someone who was specifically looking for a foreign boyfriend!

Ranking result

Q: What kinds of girl would you definitely not want to introduce to male friends? (Sample size=458, male)

Rank		Score
1	A girl who always expects the man to pay	100
2	A girl with poor manners	66.9
3	A girl who cannot read the situation	84.5
4=	A girl who gets bored when she isn’t the centre of attention	80.6
4=	A girl who’s always conspicuoulsy consuming	80.6
6	A girl who’s always boasting about herself	72.9
7	A girl with too high ideals	65.1
8=	A girl who drinks and fights	62.0
8=	A girl who’s already married, going out with someone	62.0
8=	A girl with poor timekeeping	62.0
8=	A girl whose behaviour changes depending on the type of guy she’s with	62.0
12	A girl whose top priority is chasing idols, celebrities	60.5
13	A girl who dreams of appearing in a Shibuya style fashion magazine	58.1
14	A girl with a long history	57.4
15	A girl full of rumours about everyone	51.2
16	A preachy girl	48.1
17	A girl with lots of mobile phones	46.5
18	A girl who is too strict with her standards about what makes a cool guy	40.3
19	A girl with complete self-confidence in her appearance	38.8
20	A girl without a regular job	36.4

Q: What kinds of guy would you definitely not want to introduce to female friends? (Sample size=729, female)

Rank		Score
1	A guy who drinks and fights	100
2	A guy with poor manners	91.4
3	A guy without a regular job	91.2
4	A guy who’s already married, going out with someone	79.9
5	A guy who gets bored when he isn’t the centre of attention	77.3
6	A guy who cannot read the situation	75.8
7	A guy who’s always boasting about himself	73.5
8	A guy who’s always conspicuoulsy consuming	69.9
9	A guy whose behaviour changes depending on the type of girl he’s with	64.9
10	A guy with little knowledge but loves to talk as if he does	64.6
11	A guy with poor timekeeping	64.0
12	A guy who dreams of appearing in a Shibuya style fashion magazine	63.4
13	A preachy guy	60.2
14	A guy who always carries a man purse	58.4
15	A guy with lots of mobile phones	54.9
16	A guy full of rumours about everyone	54.6
17	A guy with a long history	49.9
18	A guy who’s proud of having bad boy friends	49.0
19	A guy who displays another character on a blog, SNS	48.1
20	A guy with complete self-confidence in his appearance	44.0