世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking takes us to a gokon dating party again, this time looking at what sort of person gets points against them on first meeting at a dating party, for both women looking at men and men looking at women.

Demographics

Between the 21st and 24th of May 2010 perhaps around 1,100 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. Unfortunately, the link to the demographics is broken, so I cannot give any more information that that right now. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Given that in Japan non-smoking restaurants are the exception rather than the rule, I’m surprised that smoking doesn’t rank way up near the top of the list, in particular smoking without asking if it is OK with everyone else.

For me, not laughing at gags would be a plus point, as the Japanese sense of humour as seen in visual comedy does absolutely nothing for me, on the whole.

Ranking result

Q: What kind of guy gets points against him on a first meeting at a dating party? (Sample=female)

Rank		Score
1	He has poor table manners	100
2	He counts everything up to the last yen	92.7
3	He’s argumentative	87.4
4	He’s sarcastic	86.6
5	He’s not my type of looks	72.0
6	He’s always talking about himself	70.7
7	He loves brand items	65.9
8	He’s too strict about other people’s table manners	63.8
9	He’s over-excited	52.4
10	He looks quite old	47.2
11	He’s got an individualistic fashion sense	41.5
12	He’s fussy about what he eats	40.7
13	He’s always talking shop	39.4
14	He looks gaudy	37.0
15	He doesn’t laugh at gags	36.2
16	He’s got a quiet voice	32.5
17	He’s got a loud voice	28.0
18	He gets drunk too easily	25.2
19=	He’s a spoilt little rich kid	22.8
19=	He’s not much of a talker	22.8

Q: What kind of girl gets points against her on a first meeting at a dating party? (Sample=male)

Rank		Score
1	She’s not my type of looks	100
2	She’s sarcastic	98.8
3	She has poor table manners	82.4
4	She loves brand items	60.4
5	She looks quite old	58.2
6	She’s argumentative	49.5
7	She looks gaudy	47.3
8	She’s over-excited	46.2
9	She’s always talking about herself	39.6
10	She’s too strict about other people’s table manners	39.6
11	She’s always talking shop	33.0
12	She counts everything up to the last yen	31.9
13	She’s got an individualistic fashion sense	25.3
14	She’s on a strict curfew	22.0
15	She’s a proper little madam	20.9
16	She’s fussy about what she eats	20.9
17	She doesn’t laugh at gags	20.9
18	She’s got a loud voice	18.7
19=	She’s not much of a talker	17.6
19=	She can drink everyone under the table	17.6