世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking recently reported on a survey quite similar to one last year, only this time it was looking at the stage before relationships, the point at when one’s one-sided feelings of affections ran cold, for both women looking at men and men looking at women.

Demographics

Over the 29th of February and the 1st of March 2012 1,175 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.4% of the sample were female, 10.0% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 29.3% in their thirties, 24.1% in their forties, 10.6% in their fifties, and 9.5% 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.

Ranking results

Q: When do your one-sided feelings for a guy cool off? (Sample size=721, female)

Rank		Score
1	When I notice his poor table manners	100
2	When I realise he already has a girlfriend	87.2
3	When his manner changes according to who he is dealing with	85.4
4	When I notice the dandruff on his collar	76.6
5	When other guys don’t rate him so highly	72.6
6	When I realise he already has his eye on someone else	66.6
7	When his fashion on days off is naff	64.3
8	When he calls me by the wrong name	64.1
9	When his chatting with good friends is on crude topics	58.5
10	When I notice he hates animals	55.0
11	When I hear him spewing out a stream of net slang	51.8
12	When I see his fidgety legs	50.8
13	When I realise he has previously gone out with a close friend of mine	49.7
14	When I realise he has been playing the field too much	47.2
15	When I realise he is a divorcee	46.2
16=	When I realise he is no good with chopsticks	40.5
16=	When he only gives half-hearted replies when I engage him in conversation	40.5
18	When I see him being friendly with another woman	33.4
19	When I realise he is much younger than I thought	29.1
20	When I hear his hideous singing	21.4

Q: When do your one-sided feelings for a girl cool off? (Sample size=454, male)

Rank		Score
1	When I realise she already has a boyfriend	100
2	When her manner changes according to who she is dealing with	85.3
3	When I notice her poor table manners	82.1
4	When I realise she already has her eye on someone else	74.7
5	When her chatting with good friends is on crude topics	56.3
6	When I notice the dandruff on her collar	56.3
7	When I realise she has previously gone out with a close friend of mine	45.3
8	When I realise she has been playing the field too much	44.2
9=	When other girls don’t rate her so highly	41.6
9=	When I see her fidgety legs	41.6
11	When she only gives half-hearted replies when I engage her in conversation	38.9
12	When she calls me by the wrong name	38.4
13	When I see her being friendly with another man	35.8
14	When I realise she is much older than I thought	32.6
15	When her fashion on days off is naff	32.1
16=	When I realise she is a divorcee	31.1
16=	When I notice she hates animals	31.1
18	When I realise she is no good with chopsticks	28.9
19	When I hear her spewing out a stream of net slang	25.8
20	When I realise her handwriting is really awful	18.9