More Japanese Women Prefer Being Alone
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Mar 27, 2009 14:34 JST
- Tags: Dating, Japan, Relationships, Social Trends
A recent report brings to light a new trend among single Japanese women: they are increasingly forgoing companionship to enjoy a night out alone.
“I rented a hotel suite and spent the night there all by myself, drinking wine in a bubble bath and reading a magazine,” said a 30-year-old woman. “Very elegant, don’t you think?”
One woman remarked how much more enjoyable it was to go into a French restaurant by herself, being able to slowly savor the taste of the food without the need to make small talk.
Yet another woman remarked that she had become quite “good at being alone” as though it was an acquired skill recently mastered.
Businesses have noticed the trend. Over the past two or three years, a growing number of women have been coming in alone to restaurants, movie theaters and karaoke studios.
One staffer at a Shibuya karaoke box commented that solitary women now “make up 30% of our business.”
Ueno Chizuko, Tokyo University professor and an author of a book on the social phenomenon of solitary women, believes that there are two reasons responsible for the trend.
Ueno states that Japanese women are more confident of their social skills and are less afraid to venture into places without a companion. Further, the professor notes that a woman is expected to “adjust her behavior to the mood of her companion,” an expectation that can cause a significant stress.
One 25-year-old office worker summed up the issue in a nutshell. “I have a boyfriend, but to be honest, it’s more fun without him.”
Via Japan Today.
The trend of solitary women will alarm Japanese social commentators who have long decried Japan’s lack of population growth.
Additionally, the problematic expectation of Japanese women towards their partner’s income potential and the fact that Japanese women have become more self reliant for their own sexual gratification have become increasingly common deterrents to marriage.
Male commentators have been quick to point out that the expectations of many Japanese women seem increasingly unrealistic and out of touch with what is attainable to them; although some may prefer being single, surveys still reveal the majority harbor ambitions of marriage and children.
Thus it is seen as problematic to hear, as in a recent famous example, spinsters in their forties make statements like “I’m so desperate, I’d just settle for a man who makes over ¥10 million ($100,000), as long as he can communicate.”
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saber is relevant to my interests!
But, according to the article, you're not relevant to hers.
It's totally fine since she is British, she prefers being around battalions of men.
That's like so no true.
She actually prefers to be around Rin.
SaberXRin is where the money is at.
WE WILL SETTLE THIS WITH FISTICUFFS.
Agreed: Saber/Rin is superior to all
But....RIN IS MINE!
Oh well, ArcherxSaberxRin 3 some is fine with me.....
Despite it being Rin, I refuse to accept the King of Knights craves muffdiving. I am fairly certain she does not like softball, she does seem to shave, and she knows extensively where to put a p0n0s.
actually she doesnt rin teaches her, my money is in rin x saber
You lost me.
Space with only men is wonderful.
And this is why Japanese women would rather prefer being alone.
You win an internet.
Cancerous shit.
Mature women in Japan are so sexy, anyway. Let them age a little.
"Are ronery ma'am? So do i!".
At this rate... Japan will eventually become extinct. I say we declare Japanese as an endangered species!
Japan now has women who want younger men with high paying jobs, but younger men usually have lower paying jobs. Now they also want to be by themselves.
Japan has a problem with NEETs Hikikomoris and Otakus and the Otakus have even created a portion of a city just for their interests(akihabara), not to mention that they have created one of the few dominating cultures on the internet.
Improvement on sex dolls so much that the police will mistake them for corpses. We also have automatic ona tools from Cross days.
It seems that 95% of women masturbate, and even boys in their early teens go buy themselves self-gratification products.
The future looks grim...
all the better... the world is becoming overpopulated. the less desire to reproduce the better
Problem is, its getting overpopulated by religous fundamentalist nuts(catholics, muslims, ...) that go fourth and multiply as well as by poor uneducated people in already crowded countries missing land, knowhow and infrastructure to even barely sustain itself.
Reverse evolution at it's finest.
i say they do it vexille-style :3
score another for womens lib...
that and the internets... we're all becomeing socially unpluged from the world.. seems like people don't enjoy other peoples company in person anymore, or refuse to make the effort to find someone to go to places with.. Lazy, and dangerous.. who's going to give birth to future idols now?? I'm scared...
well, who does?
People are pests and annoying as hell.
I for ones welcome our cute persocon overlords.
all hail cyber love!! and 2D love...>_>
+1!
+1
+2
I need a job to save up and buy myself some cyber lover in 10 years. Best put me one that looks like Taiga aside.
No Pandemonia.
You will aid me to create the Persocoms.
spinsters in their forties make statements like“I’m so desperate, I’d just settle for a man who makes over ¥10 million ($100,000), as long as he can communicate.”
LOL, why would a man make over $100,000 want to marry her?
Seriously, how much Japanese woman want anyway? $100,000 not enough ?
The effect of women having increasingly unrealistic expectations about their future husbands seems to also be affecting Korea and the wealthier parts of China. Perhaps they are all reading too many shōjo manga?
$100,000 a year and she's only settling for? That's a joke right? Or is Japan so rich that making 100 gran a year is pathetic?
Good for them. Let's show those men out there who we really are. >:D
Indeed, as long as you prefer being alone in the kitchen too.
Yes, and the living room too.
And the bed too.
LOL!
just like us men... sitting behind a computer screen eating bon bons in our underware (or naked.. the thought just ....eww...) merging with the chair... he he.. we're screwed!!
Good to see we are not all that different after all, now if only we could establish a brave new world type setting where there are designated days to breed, and then we can just ignore each other for the rest of the month.
Why going to the trouble of mating? You can spend semen and the rest is not your problem. Artificial wombs will be the next step.
anonymous is right. have 1 week of breeding and then never have to see them till the next month.
lol in a country thats filled with NEETS and otakus
i can understand where they are getting at...
well elevens will be a dying breed soon...god what was that anime where japs are a rarity and sought to be a collectible item....i think it was desert punk LOL
Don't you think the unrealistic expectations from the women are what partly responsible for turning men into otaku that prefer 2D over 3D? lol
Who would want female partner that would suck all the money from your wallet, and STILL complain you don't make enough money for THEM to spend? XD
isn't that every wife? succubus!!
rabble! rabble rabble rabble!
In case you didn't read, women are becoming much more independent and proficient in getting their own income.
Wait! This only applies to Japanese women over the age of 16 right?! RIGHT?!
your loli's are safe!!
hahahahahahha bolt thats funny. lolis are safe for now they are.
:3