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63% of Japanese men want wives to work, but 54% of Japanese women want to become full-time housewives, say the results of a recent survey.

The survey, of 1,254 unmarried working men and women, asked questions regarding attitudes to women becoming housewives.

Asked if they wanted to become a housewife after marrying and having a child, 53.8% of women responded either that they wanted to if their husband’s income would comfortably support them, or that they wanted to even if their husband’s income was insufficient.

Major reasons for wanting to become a full-time housewife included “wanting to concentrate on housekeeping and childrearing” at 55.2%, “wanting to devote myself to my hobbies” at 25.5% and “because I don’t like working” at 15%, lending weight to the suspicion that laziness rather than a traditional mentality is a major factor.

Actual expectations were slightly removed from desires – when asked “Do you think you will be able to become a full-time housewife?” 68% thought it either impossible or unlikely, whilst 32% considered it possible or probable.

Meanwhile, men asked whether they wanted their wives to become full-time housewives after marriage and childbirth were mostly against the idea – 63% wanted a wife who would “absolutely” or “if at all possible” work, compared to 37% who wanted a stay-at-home housewife.

Fortunately for women looking for a free ride, men appeared none too resolute in the face of work-shy wives – 60.1% of men who wanted a working wife would either willingly or grudgingly agree to her becoming a housewife, 30.1% would try to persuade her not to, but only 9.7% would give up on marrying such a woman and find someone else.

Japanese politicians planning a “gender equal society” seem not to be aware that women apparently don’t want one, preferring instead one where their husbands do all the work and they stay at home watching TV all day.


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    Avatar of TK-Chan
    Comment by TK-Chan
    08:42 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And the other 35% must want to not be a wife at all since they think sex is a hassle...

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:21 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    all i see is 54% are lazy bitches

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    Comment by Canadane
    09:23 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    63% want to wear the pants in the house.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:45 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    what's wrong with wanting to be a housewife? if they get a job it implies they won't be in a kitchen for more than 18 hours.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:42 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @ Anon 11:45:

    Problems with being a full-time housewife:

    - Wife becomes "less-employable"; if the husband is killed or dies (ex., traffic accident) she and the kids will be in poverty (the insurance money, if any, after taxes, doesn't go very far).

    - Wife gives "her all" for the family, but doesn't feel sufficiently appreciated, which _tends_ to cause her to seek an extra-marital sex partner.

    - Wife becomes boring because she has much, much fewer mentally-stimulating interactions than she would if she held an outside-the-house job.

    - Wife becomes bored because she has much, much fewer mentally-stimulating interactions than she would if she held an outside-the-house job. This _tends_ to lead to her leaving her husband and family to "search for herself".

    Even if the husband is rich enough to support his wife and kids in good style, she still should have some sort of "outside" job or volunteer cause.

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    Comment by Darkrockslizer
    15:52 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You don't have to work, you get paid and you get to do everything you want all day? Heck yeah!

    It's not a matter of being a man or a woman, everyone would want to live like that.

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    Comment by Klingengeist
    17:41 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I want to become a Househusband! xD

    Comment by Anonymous
    19:00 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    over 50% thats tough.

    Comment by Anonymous
    20:54 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I've seen quite a lot but some of them have to bear the tittle "the man with no balls". Remove your pride 1st before become househusband.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:12 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @ Anon 14:42
    - Wife becomes "less-employable" - True
    - Wife gives "her all" for the family - It works both ways. Husband gives his all working at a mundane job to support his family.
    - Wife becomes bored - My observation is the stay-at-home-moms socialized with every other mother, while the working-moms socialized with a much smaller circle of female co-workers.

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:25 30/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @ Anon 23:12

    You forgot that the working wives also talk to the housewives, so in the end the working wives actually have a larger, more complex social network to call upon.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:43 30/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm more surprised that there wasn't a, whatever makes my wife happy option.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:46 30/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Good, we need to get women back to the kitchens.

    Men who want their wives to work are sissies and/or poor people who deserve the harpies they no doubt married.

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    Comment by tyciol
    09:39 31/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Dudes, just because we want them to work doesn't mean we want them out of the kitchens. I sort of want both of us in there, having sex, while the pot roast cools.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    09:26 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    "Japanese politicians planning a “gender equal society”..."

    Women don't want equality. They want supremacy.

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    Comment by HKE
    11:01 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Holy fuck! Schrobby finds their keikaku now i hope that he disappear after that

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    Comment by HKE
    11:03 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    But i dont think that they are feminazis they just are Tsundere Masters that want that their slaves works hard for her everyday

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    Comment by TehBoringOne
    14:55 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Things like this remind me why I dumped my last girlfriend.

    One day I came home and found herself stuffing her face with chocolate, watching a movie and my laptop on her... lap. I asked "What are you doing? Shouldn't you be working?" She lifted her gaze and in a nonchalant voice replied: "I quit. We're getting married in a month, aren't we?"

    Since I was pissed at her increasing laziness for everything during those last months, I just told her "The wedding's canceled. Go back to your parents."

    And then the shit hit the fan.

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:44 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    High five!

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    Comment by Schrobby
    20:40 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @HKE

    How cute, one of the banned trollastic five has another forged account. Hello, Mikage. Take care that the door doesn't hit your ass when you leave.

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    Comment by HKE
    05:17 30/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @Schrobby
    Sorry i dont understand you can you please tell me what that phrase means , im not a english native speaker and i just know some stuff of that 4chan shit so must of the netchat that i see on the net , speacially here i can understand it but , what you say know , could you please tell me?

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:53 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Who wouldn't want someone else to do the work for the money so you can do basically whatever you want at home?

    Anyone seriously think that if you asked the men if they would rather work or spend their time at home watching TV, playing computer games, reading books, socializing with their friends, or god forbid got to spend some time with their children while someone else brought in the money, that less than half of the men would say no?

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    Comment by Darkrockslizer
    15:43 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Less work for more money, it's human nature.

    Avatar of Schrobby
    Comment by Schrobby
    20:46 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'd gladly work half a day if it keeps me afloat. Would be a nice combination of money and free time.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:17 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'd love to be a house-husband. Even if I spent all day cooking and doing housework, it would be better than all day in an office.
    - No office politics and incompetent managers to deal with.
    - You're doing something for the people you love, as opposed to doing something for a faceless corporation.
    - Cooking can be creative, how many of us get to make something different every day at work?

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:12 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    a woman devoted to take care her family is a lazy bitches?

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:38 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Most japanese families don't have children, due to the falling birth rate. This isn't like America, where housewives actually do work.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:51 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    yea, apparently they don't do good work either judging from the pollution they've created. these "kids" with meaningless lives and makes everyone else's much more miserable.

    I admire the japanese household with no kids. at least they understand how polluted the world is.

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:33 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @17:51
    Reducing population does not reduce pollution. Reducing pollution is what reduces pollution. And reducing pollution begins by putting a leash on the corporate suits and not letting them dump all the shit they want in our air, water and soil.

    What? I was president of my high school tautology club. http://www.xkcd.com/703/

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:52 30/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @18:33
    Some people ARE pollution. They contribute nothing to society, steal, rob, and leech off others. And these spoiled brats that these shit parents who shouldn't even have kids when they're in the pre-teens collecting food stamps and pumping out babies.

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    Comment by kache
    05:06 31/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Is that why femdom videos are so popular?

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:50 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    i love seeing retards who never done housework talking shit . Trying doing proper housework for few days , and see for yourself . ITs a more then full time job .

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:18 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Most of the time it's not. It's not really like most people that live single go home and do 8 hours of work, after their real work. I don't at least, and live by myself and I do my housework myself, and it really don't take that much time.

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    Comment by Gitami
    13:31 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And with improved dishwasher, swifters and dyson sweepers etc, it'll be easier.

    Now if we get AI robots then the stay-at-home person need an engineering degree or at least a maintenance certificate.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:05 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    WE NEED "PERSECOMS"

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:07 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You mean: "WE NEED "PERSOCOMS" ".

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:27 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @ Anon 14:05 and Anon 14:07:

    WE NEED PURSE-O-COMS.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:34 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Lol, been doing my housework for years, it's a 30min/day thing. Even without any electrical appliances.
    Children can be quite annoying to live with but most japanese only get 1 anyways ( and that one gets taken to day-care the minute she/he is old enough ).

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:44 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ofc 30min/day doesn't include cooking which I quite enjoy.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:51 30/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    i love seeing retards who don't have a real job talk about housework being hard, 'cause yeah, housework takes up 100+ hours a week

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    Comment by RakeStriver
    17:15 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    here we go again, Japanese women seeking the easy way out. Surely the men want their wife to work so that the women won't hit and run with the men's money.

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    Comment by BlaqCat
    02:55 30/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Things have become too easy for a "housewife" situation to be viable. The result of letting your wife stay home all day under that pretense is more than likely
    -boredom
    -feeling "unappreciated"
    -wanting your every free moment when at home from work
    -and ultimately cheating as a result of all three.

    tldr; she needs to get (at least) some volunteer position.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:47 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Huh. Marriage requires compromise- who knew?

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:52 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    that's why bitchslap and backhand is invented.

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    Comment by Azure Xuchilbara
    12:48 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @Taiga

    Well said..!

    *salutes*

    ...

    ...

    ...

    Thank you for the delishush waki OP picture, Artefact...

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:04 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Good thing girls in Hokkaido are not like that XD

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    Comment by Sithreis
    08:43 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I have been given inspiration, my new dream in life is no longer zombie apocalypse survivor...but instead....stay-at-home-dad.

    Men unite for the greatest cause ever known.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:22 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sounds boring though.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    09:29 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Watching anime all day doesn't sound too boring.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:43 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You can count me in.

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    Comment by HKE
    11:07 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Just anime all the day it get boring , morning to mid day anime , manga for afternoon with a ice/hot coffee or tea , and lewd nights white some echii or hentai stuff (games,manga,videos,av)

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    Comment by DirtyPair
    11:25 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Looks like you'd never leave your room.

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    Comment by HKE
    12:40 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    i study from 13:00 to 20:00 well at least this are my 2 last semesters so i have from 21:00 to 13:00 to or sleep or make something while i can before start working , well i can say that my family is not wealthy but we arent rich as well , and my father in the first oportuny when i get a work he will kick me from house in other to prevent to be apart of the bum of NEETs

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:56 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well, hikkikomori already found that out ! :-)

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:54 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    my friend's dad is one of those stay-home dads. he cooks, cleans. and yells at his sons once in a while.

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    Comment by Y0k41
    19:10 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Somehow I get the feeling that housewife ≠ hikkikomori.....
    Maybe watching more anime will help me understand?

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    Comment by Schrobby
    21:07 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @HKE:

    No hentai stuff like games needed for the night. This is the time for the wife to serve you. ^_^

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    Comment by Sithreis
    09:29 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Theres parcheesi...and thats about it :(

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:20 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And working 9 to 5 in an office isn't boring?

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    Comment by DirtyPair
    09:43 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It´s a nice experience to see your kids grown up.

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    Comment by Sithreis
    13:45 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I got such a kick out of this comment. I need to send you an e-klondike bar

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:29 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's honestly one of the cleanest comments I've seen here.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:55 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    it's a better experience to see other kids grow up....on videos..in swimsuits...in a bath tub...

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    Comment by Schrobby
    21:13 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I guess it's nice if you ignore all the work and trouble you have with them.

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    Comment by HKE
    11:04 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Im on it YAY!

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    Comment by Schrobby
    21:18 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Drugs? Alc? Anime? ^_^

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:51 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    hahah idiot i guess you have never done housework in your life .

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    13:43 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

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