世論 What Japan Thinks

Today’s bit of fun from goo Ranking is a look at what one might do if someone they fancied already had a boyfriend or girlfriend, for both men trying to steal women and women trying to steal men.

Demographics

Over the 23rd and 24th of August 2010 1,127 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.3% of the sample were female, 11.7% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.2% in their forties, 10.9% in their fifties, and 8.7% 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.

I can speak from experience that for guys to do 1 or 2, and especially both 1 and 2, is the quickest way to convince her you’re gay, or at least completely and utterly herbivorous! Towards the bottom of both lists are techinques that seem pretty much guaranteed to start a fist fight or a cat fight, and as for the second last for men, I think some people have been watching far too many Hollywood romances! Finally, I’m most surprised to see that spreading rumours comes dead last in the women’s list.

Ranking result

Q: What might you do if the girl you fancied already had a boyfriend? (Sample size=481, male)

Rank		Score
1	Maintain my distance by not sending her any pushy email or making pushy phone calls	100
2	Try to gain her trust by being a friend to talk to	93.9
3	Do a thorough analysis of her	92.4
4	Get closer to her through a shared hobby, interest	74.2
5	Ask her out for a meal, drink for just the two of us	65.2
6	Do a thorough analysis of her boyfriend	60.6
7	Don’t give up on her whatever happens	36.4
8	Cancel any appointments so I can spend time with her	34.8
9=	Find out all the information about their relationship and then make a gentle approach	28.8
9=	Give her a call when she’s not with her boyfriend	28.8
11	Regularly get in touch and pester her to meet me	27.3
12	Give her something she likes as a present	24.2
13	Show her that she’d be better off with me	22.7
14	Gain her trust them get her to dump him	21.2
15	Spread a rumour that her boyfriend’s fooling around	15.2
16	Be all touchy-feely with her when her boyfriend’s around	13.6
17	Accidentally on purpose bump into them on a date	12.1
18	Talk about stuff only the two of us know when her boyfriend’s around	9.1
19=	Rescue her when the priest says “Speak now or forever hold your peace!”	7.6
19=	Go directly to her boyfriend and tell him how I feel about her	7.6

Q: What might you do if the boy you fancied already had a girlfriend? (Sample size=646, female)

Rank		Score
1	Maintain my distance by not sending him any pushy email or making pushy phone calls	100
2	Get closer to him through a shared hobby, interest	78.2
3	Do a thorough analysis of him	76.4
4	Try to gain his trust by being a friend to talk to	72.7
5	Do a thorough analysis of his girlfriend	60.6
6	Find out all the information about their relationship and then make a gentle approach	50.9
7	Give him a call when he’s not with his girlfriend	50.3
8	Cancel any appointments so I can spend time with him	46.7
9	Ask him out for a meal, drink for just the two of us	40.6
10	Give him something he likes as a present	39.4
11	Regularly get in touch and pester him to meet me	35.2
12	Show him that he’d be better off with me	20.0
13	Don’t give up on him whatever happens	18.8
14	Gain his trust them get him to dump her	16.4
15	Talk about stuff only the two of us know when his girlfriend’s around	13.3
16	Accidentally on purpose bump into them on a date	9.1
17	Go directly to his girlfriend and tell her how I feel about him	7.3
18	Give him a call when I reckon he’s with his girlfriend	6.1
19	Be all touchy-feely with him when his girlfriend’s around	4.8
20	Spread a rumour that her boyfriend’s fooling around	4.2