世論 What Japan Thinks

Perhaps we can all learn a little bit from this survey from goo Ranking into what makes men unpopular with other men.

Demographics

Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% 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 believe this survey was for males only.

Number three, not being able to read the mood, is one of my favourite sketches from The Fast Show

Ranking result

Q: What are the tendencies of men unpopular with other men? (Sample size=581, male)

Rank		Score
1	Always boasting	100
2	Speaks ill of people behind their backs	71.9
3	Cannot read the atmosphere	70.1
4	Strongly self-assertive	61.0
5	Speaks without thinking	59.5
6	Deals with people differently, depending on the person	58.3
7=	Only helps out when it suits him	51.6
7=	Lies	51.6
9=	Doesn’t listen to other people	51.1
9=	Doesn’t returns stuff he borrows	51.1
11	Often cancels things at the last minute	44.0
12	Just plain noisy	43.2
13	Attitude changes in front of women	42.5
14	Clumsy with words	39.8
15	Always two-timing, being unfaithful	33.6
16	Pessimistic	29.1
17	Tries to please everyone	28.4
18	Often finds fault with people	26.9
19	Doesn’t state his own opinion	21.7
20	Always checking his mobile phone	17.8
21	Girlfriend is more important than mates	16.0
22	Over-optimistic	14.3
23	Dresses to impress the ladies	12.1
24	Always going to dating parties	11.4
25	Slow to reply to emails	9.1
26	Lots of female friends	8.4
27	All the girls love him	8.1
28	No good at doing things by himself	7.4
29	Loves doing things by himself	4.7
30	Forgets friends’ birthdays	1.2