| Harold Wilson stan
The Labour party owes more to Methodism than Marxism
In 2015, 42% of Japanese men and 44% of Japanese women aged 18 to 34 had never had sex, including a quarter of 30-34 year old men and a third of 30-34 year old womenpic.twitter.com/gIhMuSKmmJ
Show this thread
Over two thirds of Japanese people aged 20-24 aren't dating, and nearly half of those don't even want to.pic.twitter.com/7Pi6VJReU9
-
-
-
The average age people intend to get married has barely budged since the late 1980s; the problem is that people can't seem to find partners, and many have simply given up tryingpic.twitter.com/vVuefHYZ9P
Show this thread -
There's a growing phenomenon of "herbivore men" who are either too passive to approach women or can't be bothered. Social changes - where men can't find stable employment, women must choose between work & family, and single earner households are uneconomical - make matters worse.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Christ that's crazy! For all of their faults, western cultures aren't that f*ckd up
-
My worry is that Japan is just the west but a couple decades earlier. Just wait until precarious work becomes the norm rather than the exception and social alienation starts getting even worse
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
What is the source for these stats John? Do you have a link?
-
They're from the National Institute for Population and Social Security Research's fertility survey. This is the report (in Japanese) I took the screenshots from http://www.ipss.go.jp/ps-doukou/j/doukou15/NFS15_reportALL.pdf … and here's the English page for the survey http://www.ipss.go.jp/ps-doukou/e/doukou15/Nfs15_gaiyoEng.html …
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
These trends start in the 1990s when the WWW was still in its infancy.
- Show replies
-
-
-
If I'm not mistaken, that's not only people not dating, but who also lack even a single friend of the opposite sex.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.