| Now for some frigid news from Japan that
has nothing to do with winter temperatures: a new government-commissioned
study finds that young Japanese men are losing their interest in sex, yet
another warning sign in a nation notorious for its low birth rate. |
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According to the AFP, a whopping 36.1 percent of teenage boys between the
ages of 16-19 said they had little to no interest in sex, and in some cases
even despised it, more than twice the 2008 figure of 17.5 percent.
Futhermore, the survey, conducted in September 2010, reportedly found that
83.7 percent of Japanese men who turned 20 this year were not dating anyone,
while 49.3 percent said they had never had a girlfriend. Girls, it seems,
are suffering a similar lack of heat: 59 percent in the same age group felt
the same way, up 12 percentage points from 2008.
Kunio Kitamura, head of the clinic of the Japan Family Planning Association
which took part in the survey, said the data confirms a wider social belief
that younger Japanese men are becoming "herbivorous," a label attached to
passive men who do not actively seek women and sex. Many younger people were
opting to delay starting a family due to the perceived burden on their
finances, lifestyles and careers. "The findings seem to reflect the
increasing shallowness of human relations in today's busy society." Kitamura
is quoted by CNN as saying. |
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