“The number of single people has reached a record high. A survey in 2011 found that 61% of unmarried men and 49% of women aged 18-34 were not in any kind of romantic relationship, a rise of almost 10% from five years earlier. Another study found that a third of people under 30 had never dated at all. (There are no figures for same-sex relationships.) Although there has long been a pragmatic separation of love and sex in Japan – a country mostly free of religious morals – sex fares no better. A survey earlier this year by the Japan Family Planning Association (JFPA) found that 45% of women aged 16-24 "were not interested in or despised sexual contact". More than a quarter of men felt the same way.” • #женщины_и_люди - #семейное - #мужчинам_мужская_смерть - × × ×

“Aoyama cites one man in his early 30s, a virgin, who can't get sexually aroused unless he watches female robots on a game similar to Power Rangers.” - × × ×

“Tomita sometimes has one-night stands with men she meets in bars, but she says sex is not a priority, either. "I often get asked out by married men in the office who want an affair. They assume I'm desperate because I'm single." She grimaces, then shrugs. "Mendokusai." ¶ Mendokusai translates loosely as "Too troublesome" or "I can't be bothered". It's the word I hear both sexes use most often when they talk about their relationship phobia. Romantic commitment seems to represent burden and drudgery, from the exorbitant costs of buying property in Japan to the uncertain expectations of a spouse and in-laws. And the centuries-old belief that the purpose of marriage is to produce children endures. Japan's Institute of Population and Social Security reports an astonishing 90% of young women believe that staying single is "preferable to what they imagine marriage to be like".” - × × ×

“The sense of crushing obligation affects men just as much. Satoru Kishino, 31, belongs to a large tribe of men under 40 who are engaging in a kind of passive rebellion against traditional Japanese masculinity. Amid the recession and unsteady wages, men like Kishino feel that the pressure on them to be breadwinning economic warriors for a wife and family is unrealistic. They are rejecting the pursuit of both career and romantic success. ¶ "It's too troublesome," says Kishino, when I ask why he's not interested in having a girlfriend. "I don't earn a huge salary to go on dates and I don't want the responsibility of a woman hoping it might lead to marriage." Japan's media, which has a name for every social kink, refers to men like Kishino as "herbivores" or soshoku danshi (literally, "grass-eating men"). Kishino says he doesn't mind the label because it's become so commonplace. He defines it as "a heterosexual man for whom relationships and sex are unimportant".” - × × ×

Ровно здесь стоит поставить ссылку на двухлетней давности материал из РусРепа: http://friendfeed.com/urbansh... (и будет понятно, почему мне было лень спорить с молодёжным угаром юных комментаторов). - × × ×

“Some experts believe the flight from marriage is not merely a rejection of outdated norms and gender roles. It could be a long-term state of affairs. "Remaining single was once the ultimate personal failure," says Tomomi Yamaguchi, a Japanese-born assistant professor of anthropology at Montana State University in America. "But more people are finding they prefer it." Being single by choice is becoming, she believes, "a new reality".” - × × ×

В общем, очень грустное, и очень совпадающее и резонирующее с остальными наблюдениями и «дата-поинтами». - × × ×

Mendokusai. - война кончается

Кто-то джва раза звал кусо в этом посте. - социальный груффало

^ разве в тексте речь про деторождение? - 9000

В том и дело, что *процесс* разлюбили. Это нечасто встречается. - 9000

Извинити, не смог сдержаться http://youtu.be/5_tFInZC008 (nsfw, да и играют дерьмово, если честно. Но zomg wtf???!! ) - nazer

@habbahan, как раз недавно обсуждали http://www.maximonline.ru/statji... :-) - nomoretears

Потешные комментаторы, как обычно, не читают исходный текст и тут же выносят вердикт. Облить бы умниц бензином и сжечь.) - × × ×

Интервьюируют несколько японцев и задают им пару вопросов. Такое ощущение, что найдя главу ассоциации планирования семьи Японии, автор задала ему буквально один вопрос «пачиму» (прям так и спросила, чтоб не заморачиваться), получила ответ, состоящий из одного предложения, и попрощалась. Есть набор мнений и цифр, но где суть? Хочется сути и ответа на вопрос, поставленный в заголовке. - полетаем

И суть и своя версия ответа на вопрос есть в тексте, внезапно. - × × ×

Я слишком много хочу от поверхностного исследования, наверное. - полетаем

Может, проблема в (не)умении читать написанное. Или с ожиданиями. А про поверхностность в данном случае я бы осторожнее говорил. - × × ×