世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking took a look at the characteristics of guys who are not popular with women, in the sense of not being dating material, looking at both what women thought those features were and what men thought.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Since today is Respect for the Aged Day in Japan, goo Ranking also published today a similar question, but what makes you think that granddad was popular with women in his younger days. Unfortunately I ran out of time to translate it, but it’s quite a sweet survey, so perhaps next weekend?

Ranking result

Q1: What characteristics of a man makes you think he won’t be popular with women? (Sample size=women)

Rank		Score
1	He’s always moaning	100
2	Every time he opens his mouth he slags people off	94.6
3	He cannot read the mood	94.3
4	He’s unkempt	93.1
5	He’s quick to pass the buck	88.3
6	He usually looks down at people when he talks	84.6
7	He’s incredibly stingey, and even on dates splits the bill down to the last yen	83.7
8	He has unnecessarily high pride and thinks his way of thinking is usually correct	82.3
9	He doesn’t listen to other people’s talk, and just talks about himself	79.4
10	His way of thinking is self-centred, so he is quite pushy to other people	74.9
11	He clings to his past glories	73.4
12	His is high-handed in his dealing with shop staff	72.9
13	He has absolutely no common sense	69.1
14	He mistakingly believes himself to be attractive to women	68.6
15	He gets agitated and angry about trivial matters	65.7
16	He loves to lecture	65.4
17	He comes from an extremely well-to-do family but always says he has no money	65.1
18=	He takes a motherly attitude to things	64.3
18=	He is only interested in things he likes himself, so has very narrow views	64.3
20	He behaves differently according to the person	63.4
21=	Even when around other people he is buried full-time in his mobile phone	62.0
21=	He likes to show off his knowledge	62.0
23	He is irresponsible at work	60.6
24	He is boastful about his educational record	56.9
25	His hair is unkempt, it looks as if he was dragged through a hedge backwards, he otherwise doesn’t care about his hair	50.6
26	He is negative about everything and won’t make a move by himself	50.0
27	He wears excessive accessories	49.1
28	Whenever he is faced with a problem, he cannot solve it by himself	47.1
29	He doesn’t seem to understand women	46.9
30	He wants a quick reply to email, phone calls, he otherwise persistently asks for responses	46.6
31	His room is a tip	46.3
32	When walking with women, he doesn’t match his pace to hers	43.1
33	He is excessively jealous of other people’s real life	40.9
34	He doesn’t put effort into self-improvement	36.0
35	He only ever talks about work	30.0

Q2: What characteristics of a man makes you think he won’t be popular with women? (Sample size=men)

Rank		Score
1	He cannot read the mood	100
2	He’s always moaning	84.3
3	Every time he opens his mouth he slags people off	75.0
4	He’s unkempt	70.3
5	He doesn’t listen to other people’s talk, and just talks about himself	69.9
6	He’s quick to pass the buck	69.1
7	He usually looks down at people when he talks	66.9
8	His way of thinking is self-centred, so he is quite pushy to other people	66.5
9	He has unnecessarily high pride and thinks his way of thinking is usually correct	63.1
10	He’s incredibly stingey, and even on dates splits the bill down to the last yen	61.9
11	He clings to his past glories	56.8
12	He takes a motherly attitude to things	53.4
13	He has absolutely no common sense	51.7
14	He mistakingly believes himself to be attractive to women	51.3
15	His is high-handed in his dealing with shop staff	50.8
16	He is only interested in things he likes himself, so has very narrow views	46.2
17	He is excessively jealous of other people’s real life	45.8
18	He loves to lecture	44.9
19	He is boastful about his educational record	43.6
20	He behaves differently according to the person	41.1
21	He comes from an extremely well-to-do family but always says he has no money	40.3
22	His room is a tip	39.8
23	He likes to show off his knowledge	37.7
24	Even when around other people he is buried full-time in his mobile phone	36.9
25	He only ever talks about work	36.4
26=	He gets agitated and angry about trivial matters	34.7
26=	His hair is unkempt, it looks as if he was dragged through a hedge backwards, he otherwise doesn’t care about his hair	34.7
28	Whenever he is faced with a problem, he cannot solve it by himself	32.2
29	He doesn’t seem to understand women	30.9
30	He wears excessive accessories	30.5
31	He is negative about everything and won’t make a move by himself	30.1
32=	He wants a quick reply to email, phone calls, he otherwise persistently asks for responses	26.7
32=	He is irresponsible at work	26.7
34=	He doesn’t put effort into self-improvement	24.2
34=	He is poor at communicating thus has few friends	24.2