世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking recently took a look at actions by guys that make women wish they weren’t following a love manual quite so closely.

Demographics

The survey was conducted over the 2nd and 3rd of September 2013 and 1,077 people completed a private web-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 24.5% in their teens, 24.8% in their twenties, 25.2% in their thirties, and 25.5% in their forties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. This survey was for the women in the sample only.

For number one, women will also complain if you haven’t got a sufficient plan! For Western guys, number 10 is just natural, isn’t it? I’m not sure about number 11 though; I don’t really know what head, rather than face or hair, touching signifies. For number 19, my wife insists I stand behind her on up escalators, and in front on down ones; her reasoning is that I have to catch her if she falls over, plus for the up escalator is protection against up-skirt photo perverts.

A random Google search led me here.

Ranking result

Q: What actions by a guy on a date make you think he shouldn’t be following a love manual that closely? (Sample size=549)

Rank		Score
1	He says things like “Next we’ll go there, and soon after we’ll look at…”, having come with an overcrowded schedule set up	100
2	Looking at a beautiful view, he comes out “I wanted to show you this”, “But not as beautiful as you” and other cliched lines	88.1
3	He’ll hold hands on the nth date, and otherwise schedule an increase in intimacy	81.0
4	He suddenly gives me a huge bouquet of roses	66.2
5	He asks deep but prepared questions like “Don’t you tend to feel lonely?”	49.5
6	He plans his touching to find a chink in my armour	37.6
7	He turns up dressed as if he bought his fashion sense straight off a mannekin	36.2
8	When reversing the car he puts his arm around the back of my seat	34.8
9	He touches my hand under the pretense of reading my palm	33.8
10	Going in and out of shops, getting in the car, etc, he makes sure to hold the door open	32.9
11	He doesn’t hesitate to touch my head	30.5
12	He brings his work tools with him on the date to impress that he’s a hard worker	26.2
13	When we go drinking he makes me drink myself under the table, then afterwards gently takes care of me	25.7
14	When I’m cooking he suddenly hugs me from behind	25.2
15	“Did you cut your fringe?”, “You’ve changed your nails”, and otherwise praises minor changes I make	24.8
16	When there’s only one seat free on the train, he pushes me into the seat	21.9
17	He shows off saying “I love kids!”	21.4
18	When walking along the pavement, he says “Watch out!” and pulls me closer	21.0
19	When riding up an escalator, he tries his hardest to stand behind me	17.6
20	He shows off his bulging veins on his arms	17.1
21	When I’m wearing heels he asks “Are your feet not sore?”, “I’m sorry for making you walk”	16.2
22	He tries to be a good listener by interjecting lots of “I see”, “Really?”, etc	15.7
23	He shows off saying “I love animals!”	12.9
24	He makes sure to share out the salad when we eat	11.0
25	He shows off saying “I love cooking!”	10.0