What women think of men on the science track

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One way students get classified in Japanese schools and then in their later life is whether they are on a science track or an arts track, so goo Ranking decided to find out what Japanese women think are the slightly lop-sidedness of science-y guys. Hopefully they’ll also do the women and the arts track soon!

Demographics

Between the 17th and 18th of January 2012 1,048 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.6% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 15.6% in their twenties, 27.9% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 9.5% in their fifties, and 8.9% in their sixties. 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 only.

I can identify with most of the list, I suppose, and those I don’t identify personally with, I know someone in the same line of business who does! The only one that stands out as a bit odd is number 7, they tell logical jokes. Perhaps in Japan it has a different meaning, or perhaps it is as a contrast to slapstick?
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Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!

No, it’s not a survey on favourite quotes from musicals, but instead it’s goo Ranking looking at what stuff about other people the respondents are just not interested in hearing about.

Demographics

Between the 17th and 18th of January 2012 1,048 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.6% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 15.6% in their twenties, 27.9% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 9.5% in their fifties, and 8.9% in their sixties. 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’m trying to get my head around number one – I cannot say I’ve ever had foot size come up in conversation, except of course second-hand from other foriegners having comments made about their big feet. I just cannot imagine people boasting or complaining about their own. My mother does number three, and soory Mum, but other people’s dreams are just not interesting in the slightest!
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Features of awkward colleagues

goo Ranking took a look at a subject close to my heart, what are the characteristics of coworkers who are difficult to work with.

Demographics

Between the 17th and 18th of January 2012 1,048 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.6% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 15.6% in their twenties, 27.9% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 9.5% in their fifties, and 8.9% in their sixties. 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’d say the main problem I see with my colleagues is an unwillingness to challenge the status quo, or even to just suggest different ways of doing things. One recent case that comes to mind was that I was moving on to a new project, and I asked what other people in similar environments were using for source code control, and the answer I got back was “nothing”. After banging my head on the desk for a few minutes, I decided to go with git, which I taught myself in two minutes.

Naturally, I have none of the characteristics from the list below.
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Suspecting your partner is having an affair

Apologies for the 10 or so days off, but I’d been quite busy at work in the run-up to a business trip, but I’m back now and all ready to go with this survey from goo Ranking looking at what actions of one’s partner makes one suspect them of having an affair.

Demographics

Between the 22nd and 23rd of December 2011 1,034 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 34.6% in their twenties and 65.4% in their thirties. 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 cannot really comment on this too much, but I notice that three of the top six are related to mobile phones. I do remember recently seeing a survey on having one’s affair outed through a mobile phone, so I must try to find it again for next week!
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What’s so charming about short people?

goo Ranking recently took a look at what’s so charming about short people, for both what women find attractive about short men and what men find attractive about short women.

Demographics

Over the 25th and 26th of November 2011 1,074 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.4% of the sample were female, 11.6% in their teens, 14.7% in their twenties, 26.9% in their thirties, 25.0% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 10.7% 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 quite a difference between the male and female answers, and male answers 11, 12, and 13 are not really very nice at all!

My wife always points out that taller foreign guys tend to have shorter than average Japanese girlfriends. However, on TV last night I saw this mismatched all-Japanese couple:

Would you want a 3D television? graph of japanese statistics
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Healing Japanese men

Having done healing Japanese women recently, I now present the female version via goo Ranking, looking at the features of healing-type women.

Demographics

Over the 25th and 26th of November 2011 1,074 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.4% of the sample were female, 11.6% in their teens, 14.7% in their twenties, 26.9% in their thirties, 25.0% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 10.7% 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. This survey was for women only.

Having given you a healing alpaca last time, let’s have Ogi-Mama this time. He seems to score highly in just about all the categories below!


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When your dreamboat sinks

goo Ranking took a look at when women get totally disillusioned with the object of their affection.

Demographics

Over the 25th and 26th of November 2011 1,074 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.4% of the sample were female, 11.6% in their teens, 14.7% in their twenties, 26.9% in their thirties, 25.0% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 10.7% 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. This question was for the women only.

If the male version of this comes out I’ll be sure to report!

Looking at number four, I am reminded that many of the surveys I have done mention male eating habits in less that favourable terms. As anyone who has lived in Japan for some time will tell you, many Japanese men (and women for that matter) have horrendous manners. Slurping is a cultural thing, I suppose, but talking with one’s mouth full and shovelling food from a plate held up to the mouth, not to mention elbows on the table, surely do not impress women. I’d love to see some sort of in-depth survey into how women see these habits.
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Painful memories of unrequited love

goo Ranking recently looked at painful experiences people had when confessing their love to another.

Demographics

Over the 25th and 26th of November 2011 1,074 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.4% of the sample were female, 11.6% in their teens, 14.7% in their twenties, 26.9% in their thirties, 25.0% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 10.7% 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.

Note I’ve used “they”, “them”, and “their” rather than “he/she”, “him/her” and “his/her” to make the text more readable, I hope.
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What not to do with someone else’s wife

goo Ranking had a survey that might be quite applicable to many of my readers, if the tales that I’ve heard of one-to-one English lessons with bored housewives are to be believed, as they took a look at what married people should not get up to one-on-one with someone else’s spouse of the opposite sex.

Demographics

Over the 25th and 26th of November 2011 1,074 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.4% of the sample were female, 11.6% in their teens, 14.7% in their twenties, 26.9% in their thirties, 25.0% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 10.7% 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.

The items listed below are the items that would lead up to real one-on-one action, which is why that doesn’t appear in the list below! Note I’ve used “they”, “them”, and “their” rather than “he/she”, “him/her” and “his/her” to make the text more readable, I hope.

Looking at the list, I’d probably put everything other than the very last one out of bounds for wifey!
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What you wish your Japanese boyfriend/girlfriend would quit doing

Today’s goo Ranking silliness is a look at what guys wish their girlfriend would quit doing and what girls wish their boyfriends would quit.

Demographics

Over the 25th and 26th of November 2011 1,074 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.4% of the sample were female, 11.6% in their teens, 14.7% in their twenties, 26.9% in their thirties, 25.0% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 10.7% 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.

Wifey tells me that the main thing she wanted me to stop when we were dating was farting…

It’s interesting that it appears that women have more complaints, and complain more about the same things, regarding their boyfriends. Is spitting really that common on dates that it gets to be the fourth most popular issue?
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