世論 What Japan Thinks

This week’s silliness from goo Ranking is a look at what features of people of the opposite sex, even if you attended a dating party with them, would rule them out as a potential partner, for both men looking at women and women looking at men. I presume what the ranking is getting as is people who will never get past the “friend” stage to the “partner” level.

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.

A dating party is my translation of the Japanese term gokon, a place where usually three to five guys and an equal number of girls go out together and see what happens. The respective male and female organisers are usually known to each other, but for the rest it’s usually a first meeting. The organisers usually bring along work colleagues to the event.

Ranking result

Q: What features of girls, even if you attended a dating parties with them, rule them out as potential partners? (Sample size=458, male)

Rank		Score
1	She has poor table manners	100
2	She has a filthy room	62.7
3	Her talk is entertaining, but she doesn’t really listen to what other people say	48.2
4	She tries too hard to please everyone	47.3
5	She sends far too much email	41.8
6	She loves spreading rumours	37.3
7	She gets all clingy when drunk	36.4
8	She’s really into getting her fortune told	33.6
9	She hates having to split the bill	32.7
10	Her taste in fashion is far too indivualistic	31.8
11	She’s more than 10 years older	28.2
12	She loves anniversaries	27.3
13	She’s always going on about not having a boyfriend	26.4
14	She’s always making a fuss about her looks	26.4
15	She’s not at all interested in marriage	23.6
16	She loves what’s in vogue	21.8
17	She shows a lot of skin	20.9
18	She’s too wrapped up in work, hobbies	20.0
19	She’s all touchy-feely	17.3
20	She talks a lot	16.4

Q: What features of guys, even if you attended a dating parties with them, rule them out as potential partners? (Sample size=729, female)

Rank		Score
1	He has poor table manners	100
2	He gets all clingy when drunk	68.1
3	His talk is entertaining, but he doesn’t really listen to what other people say	64.5
4	He loves spreading rumours	57.4
5	He’s all touchy-feely	55.5
6	He usually splits the bill	54.8
7	He has a filthy room	50.3
8	He sends far too much email	49.0
9	His taste in fashion is far too indivualistic	48.4
10	He’s really into getting his fortune told	45.8
11	He’s always making a fuss about his looks	41.0
12	He’s always going on about not having a girlfriend	40.0
13	He’s not at all interested in marriage	38.7
14	He shows a lot of skin	38.1
15	He tries too hard to please everyone	32.3
16	He loves what’s in vogue	30.6
17	He’s more than 10 years older	25.8
18	He’s too wrapped up in work, hobbies	22.6
19=	He doesn’t talk much	22.3
19=	He’s a herbivore boy	22.3