Japan's government releases study indicating roughly 40% of single Japanese men in their 20s have never been on a date, a contributing factor to the country's low birth rates.

Traksimuss · 2022-06-17T15:01:36+00:00

In Japan woman holds budget and gives man an allowance.

Also crazy work culture.

Also their own version of feminism.

dope_star · 2022-06-17T17:20:05+00:00

35% of men in their 30s have also never been on a date according to the article. I almost feel like that's even bigger news than the 40% in their 20s. 80/20 rule still in effect till they are well established or something.

pokeyouinthebutt · 2022-06-17T15:29:32+00:00

Weird, got recommended this post after commenting on a similar thread on another subreddit.

The low birth rate back home is because it fucking sucks to have kids in Japan. Women are expected to stay at home and men are expected to never be at home because work culture. You are also pressured to have kids after marriage. People will think you failed as a man if you don’t have kids or your wife must be barren. You can be a high power couple and people will give you a pass.

The original news article basically stated that 25% of Japanese men and women don’t even want to get married. Probably due to the intense cultural expectations.

Dating in Japan also works differently so it’s pretty stressful on both parties.

SwiftStrik3 · 2022-06-17T20:45:31+00:00

This is both a good and bad thing. It has sort of freed men but at the same time the men that think they need a woman to be happy are probably not doing well due to the so called dream of "having and raising a family".

StinkingDischarge · 2022-06-17T23:40:10+00:00

The "golden flesh ring effect"?? Where the juice ain't worth the squeeze?? Is it any wonder that Japan leads the world in developing technology that will replace women with something less troublesome and lower maintenance??

Siddyf · 2022-06-19T00:35:19+00:00

Yea supposedly the birth rates in Japan are so bad there won’t be any Japanese people left in only 300 years. Shit is planned I say.

Itsucks118 · 2022-06-21T06:35:25+00:00

I'd like a demure Japanese chick as wife material until I learned that that have insane salary qualifications for prospective men and the Japanese culture isn't shy about the women not wanting sex after children.

ericneo3 · 2022-06-23T04:35:51+00:00

Similar reports from America - sources: Source 1 Source 2 Source 3

Source 1

between 2000 and 2018.

The percentage of 18 - to 24-year-old men who were sexually inactive increased from 18.9% in 2000-2002 to 30.9% in 2016-2018.
Similar trends in sexual inactivity appeared among individuals aged 25-34 years but not among individuals aged 35-44 years.

Source 2

Between 2000-2002 and 2016-2018, the proportion of 18 - to 24-year-old individuals who reported having had no sexual activity in the past year increased among men 18.9% vs 30.9% but not among women 15.1% vs 19.1%.

Those aged 25 to 34 years for men 7.0% vs 14.1%
Those aged 25 to 34 years for women 7.0% vs 12.6%

Source 3

The portion of Americans (Male) 18 to 29 reporting no sex in the past year more than doubled between 2008 and 2018, to 23 percent.

Since 2008, the share of men younger than 30 reporting no sex has nearly tripled, to 28 percent...(2008-2018) 9 - 18% for women.

35% of men age 18 to 34 were living in their parents’ home.

29% of women age 18 to 34 were living in their parents’ home.

You can view the figures and assuming a constant trend extrapolate 2020 and 2022 figures for men, keep in mind the trend is actually rising not constant.

2018 - 28%
2020 - 33.2%
2022 - 36.4%

EDIT: For those wondering how this relates to WhereAreAllTheGoodMen. This shows an increasing portion of men are never having a sexlife or have not had sex in over a year. It shows: 79 - 81.4% of women are engaging in sex while an increasing amount of men are not; This shows a smaller % of men are engaging in all the sex with women. It's the 80:20 rule.

ducaati · 2022-07-03T14:23:03+00:00

I lived there for five years. The society is engineered so people can avoid speaking to each other. Also, the emphasis on politeness, meaning “not bothering another person also does not help. I think Japan as we know it is mostly done for.

Abandoned_Cosmonaut · 2022-06-17T21:22:17+00:00

Am Japanese. Idk why this post is on this sub, has nothing to do with ‘where are all the good men’

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