95% of Japan's homeless is male

Tmomp · 2021-12-31T00:18:51+00:00

Only 5% more to go to reach true equality of 0% female homeless /s.

Training_Position642 · 2021-12-31T02:03:19+00:00

Why aren't there male only shelters what's the reason and justification

pride4eva93 · 2021-12-30T21:38:08+00:00

More men are homeless than women everywhere in the world; I believe in the US, 75% of the homeless population is male. This is a result of the various social safety nets most women have. First, there are many homeless shelters who will only accept women, yet there are no 'male only' homeless shelters. Next, there are many programs and charities which focus solely on female homelessness. Furthermore, society in general will help a woman in risk of homelessness over a man in risk of homelessness. People will donate to a woman, they will open up their homes to a woman; none of that will be done for a man. I myself have helped several female friends who were broke and almost homeless. Had I been in the same position, absolutely no one would've helped me because I'm a man.

mikesteane · 2021-12-31T00:17:27+00:00

People often say that Japanese women are oppressed (I don't know how true that is)

It's not true.

A typical Japanese salaryman will work 80 - 100 hours a week paying for a home which is his wife's. It is his wife's domain to such a degree that should he wish to entertain, it is not his home he will use, but a restaurant. The roles are strongly defined, but, as always, the rights/responsibilities division is in her favour.

You should also be aware that homelessness in Japan isn't necessarily the same as homelessness elsewhere, due to the premium on space and the attitude to others. Homeless people are not necessarily treated the way they are in, say, the US, as a blight on the landscape. There is, for example, a park in Ueno which is full of people, mainly young men, living in tents. Most of these are professional people who cannot afford a home yet, but they are working and accumulating money and developing careers. They are generally respected for the sacrifices they are making.

idontneedausername89 · 2021-12-30T22:42:13+00:00

Japan has homeless people?

TheSnesLord · 2021-12-31T03:57:06+00:00

People often say that Japanese women are oppressed

They're not. Japan tends to operate with traditional gender roles where the man is a salary slave and also to be a slave to his wife.

Japanese women also have ridiculous standards when dating men as well (guy has to be tall, extremely handsome like the guys in boy bands etc.), and is seen as one of the major reasons for the low birthrate in Japan and the increasing amount of "herbivore" men.

Antique_Ingenuity705 · 2021-12-31T02:59:52+00:00

Japan is rapidly depopulating

Fast-Mongoose-4989 · 2021-12-30T23:00:03+00:00

I'm not even surprised.

reddboy1981 · 2021-12-31T10:43:46+00:00

One fact that I find so strange is that so many of the Japanese homeless men are actually working it all started back in the 90s when the property market crashed and lots of day labourers who'd been working and earning very good money suddenly found themselves in economic free fall those that were unmarried stayed in guest houses or company temporary accommodation and those married ones had homes but when the economy went belly up in 89 most lost all work many got kicked out of there homes by there wives for having no money or some ran away from home because of the shame they felt for being unemployed this led to a spike in problem drinking but many kept working by finding odd jobs where they could

tenchineuro · 2021-12-30T22:48:00+00:00

People of obscurity?

The link at [11] is in Japanese.

riverview_man · 2021-12-30T22:53:18+00:00

Of course it is...😒

Stranger_Memer · 2021-12-30T22:34:47+00:00

Japan is a very bad conservative country

Inevitable_Brain9852 · 2021-12-31T15:50:02+00:00

I would be careful about this statistic. Cause it might be full of bias. If it’s true than they have a serious problem.

But there are a million things that can make the statistic biased and untrue. And that goes for any statistic not just this one.

It’s like when the 97% of female rape victims statistic went around. And the age range was 18-22. Yet it only asked like 2000 women. And was treated like it was for all age ranges. The most likely reason this one was so biased was because of either response bias, or non response bias.

The reason I think it could be response bias. Is because of the wording of the question. It specifically asked for women who are victims to answer the statistic. Meaning it automatically turned away women who weren’t victims. But if you want a true statistic and your focus group is women. You have to let them all answer. Meaning the question of the survey can’t eliminate people from the survey. Which makes the number much higher than it really is.

The second is non response bias. I think this also occurred because when you have such a small portion of a population. Let’s say in a super small town. Ignoring any other biases the stats may be true for that small town (this is an example which I don’t believe occurred here) but if you were to apply that for a whole state or country you would have to ask a whole lot more people to make it more realistic at a state, country, or global level.

So my point is. You need to be super careful when picking your statistics. If it Can proven to be void of any bias. Then you don’t have a problem. But if there is it can easily be used as misinformation.

Plzdontmindm3 · 2021-12-31T04:01:40+00:00

It's because of how traditional their culture is.

DavidByron2 · 2021-12-31T17:25:39+00:00

Sounds like a statistic taken after a recovery. Men tend to dominate homeless numbers most especially in recovery. To put it another way when there's a recession things get so bad that even some women become homeless. It's the same in the USA. In good times the homeless can be 95% male. In bad times it can grow to something like 30% female.

2003, the total number of homeless people in Japan at that time was 25,296. However, according to another survey conducted by the Ministry, by January 2007 the number had fallen to 18,564

There go the homeless women.

In 2020, the number of homeless counted was 3,992

Honestly that's such a fucking small number you might as well just ignore it. How the fuck is a country of 120 million only got less than 4000 homeless? That's suspicious. In the USA it's estimated to be 1.75 million.

Blutarg · 2021-12-31T18:56:28+00:00

Good find! Arigato.

mikesteane · 2021-12-30T23:05:54+00:00

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Title	95% of Japan's homeless is male
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Date	December 30, 2021 9:28 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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