世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s a bit of a silly, or perhaps offensive, survey into what makes people think someone might be an effeminate gay.

Demographics

Over the 22nd and 23rd of July 2011 1,114 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 65.4% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 28.6% in their thirties, 24.8% in their forties, 10.1% in their fifties, and 7.7% 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.

There’s a bit of a gay boom that has continuted on Japanese television for at least five years, with the soft, non-threatening girly-man being the favourite type, although Japan’s answer to Divine, Matsuko Deluxe runs (wobbles?) a close second. Here’s a video of the current most popular character, Tanoshingo doing his stuff. Yes, this is prime-time television in Japan.

Ranking result

Q: What makes you think someone might be an effeminate gay? (Sample size=1,114)

Rank		Score
1	Talks like a girl	100
2	Screams “gyaaaa!” when surprised	81.4
3	Is always squealing “cuuuute!”	69.8
4	Very touchy-feely with men	69.5
5	Minces along pigeon-toed	68.7
6	Wears make-up	62.5
7	Sticks his pinkie out	61.9
8	No excess hair	43.1
9	Has a decorated mobile phone	36.2
10	Looks up through his eyelids when getting his photo taken	33.0
11	Knows a lot about skin care	32.1
12=	Is sweet with men but strict with women	27.0
12=	Often checks out women’s fashion magazines	27.0
14	Always wearing tight-fitting clothes	25.7
15	Is scared of little insects	22.0
16=	Over-reacts to things	20.5
16=	Knows a lot about women’s brands	20.5
18	Has more female than ale friends	16.5
19	Usually ends email sentences with ♪, kaomoji	16.3
20	Has a male celebrity he likes	14.4
21	Puts his own photos up on his blog	14.2
22	Always thoughtful when dishing out food, etc	9.4
23	Wears shirts open to the second or third button	7.9
24	Knows all the celebrity gossip	5.3