"You've got to be joking, right?" This is how evening tabloid Nikkan Gendai (May 31) reacts to the results of a study by the Japan Family Planning Association titled "Male and Female Life and Awareness."
If Nikkan Gendai is incredulous, it's because of this: 7.9% of the men in the 40-45 age segment claimed they have yet to experience sex. If at least some of the 5% who gave no response are added to the former figure, it means that over 10% of Japanese men in that age group are still virgins. One man in 10.
Is this state of uh, non-affairs, normal? "Generally speaking, in Japan, the ability of men and women to communicate smoothly with each other is somewhat low," observes Kunio Kitamura, director of the Japan Family Planning Association. "We tested the verbal ability of men to engage in seductions, tracking the process that begins with propositioning; offering flowers; inviting to dinner; and then heading for the hotel. Many male subjects just couldn't get it right. According to a survey by Durex, the UK condom manufacturer, in 41 countries men were asked, 'Are you able to convey your own sexual desires to your partner?' As opposed to an average of 41%, Japanese ranked 40th, with 23%. It's natural that they fumble the opportunities to engage in sex."
The aforementioned association's survey showed that many Japanese males in their 40s tended to agree with such statements as "Middle school students should refrain from sex," "Relations with the opposite sex are troublesome" and "One's first sexual experience is a significant event."
"Today's men in their 40s grew up in an environment where high performance on tests meant everything," says Kitamura. "They also stand out as the first generation where adult videos came into wide dissemination, and watching physically impressive actors perform skillfully may have poisoned their own views of sex. Their concerns, over things like being unable to achieve erection, or enabling their partner to reach orgasm, became so oppressive they decided to avoid sex altogether. It came to the point where they were more content simply to masturbate while watching an adult video."
Obviously, remarks Nikkan Gendai, this situation is also likely to impact further on Japan's already declining birthrate. And it's not only men in their 40s who have this problem, since the glut of smut on the web and in the shops is readily available to younger men as well.
"Actually," notes Kitamura, "the current group of teens appears to be engaging in their first sexual experience later than men who are now in their 20s and 30s. Japan is seeking remedies for its low birth rate by improving day care facilities and extending maternity leave. But before that, people should consider giving lessons in 'male-female communications.'"
June 1, 2006
Full Version: By age 40, one male in 10 still a virgin
QUOTE(ako @ Jun 1 2006, 09:10 PM) [snapback]1910124[/snapback]
"You've got to be joking, right?" This is how evening tabloid Nikkan Gendai (May 31) reacts to the results of a study by the Japan Family Planning Association titled "Male and Female Life and Awareness."
If Nikkan Gendai is incredulous, it's because of this: 7.9% of the men in the 40-45 age segment claimed they have yet to experience sex. If at least some of the 5% who gave no response are added to the former figure, it means that over 10% of Japanese men in that age group are still virgins. One man in 10.
Is this state of uh, non-affairs, normal? "Generally speaking, in Japan, the ability of men and women to communicate smoothly with each other is somewhat low," observes Kunio Kitamura, director of the Japan Family Planning Association. "We tested the verbal ability of men to engage in seductions, tracking the process that begins with propositioning; offering flowers; inviting to dinner; and then heading for the hotel. Many male subjects just couldn't get it right. According to a survey by Durex, the UK condom manufacturer, in 41 countries men were asked, 'Are you able to convey your own sexual desires to your partner?' As opposed to an average of 41%, Japanese ranked 40th, with 23%. It's natural that they fumble the opportunities to engage in sex."
The aforementioned association's survey showed that many Japanese males in their 40s tended to agree with such statements as "Middle school students should refrain from sex," "Relations with the opposite sex are troublesome" and "One's first sexual experience is a significant event."
"Today's men in their 40s grew up in an environment where high performance on tests meant everything," says Kitamura. "They also stand out as the first generation where adult videos came into wide dissemination, and watching physically impressive actors perform skillfully may have poisoned their own views of sex. Their concerns, over things like being unable to achieve erection, or enabling their partner to reach orgasm, became so oppressive they decided to avoid sex altogether. It came to the point where they were more content simply to masturbate while watching an adult video."
Obviously, remarks Nikkan Gendai, this situation is also likely to impact further on Japan's already declining birthrate. And it's not only men in their 40s who have this problem, since the glut of smut on the web and in the shops is readily available to younger men as well.
"Actually," notes Kitamura, "the current group of teens appears to be engaging in their first sexual experience later than men who are now in their 20s and 30s. Japan is seeking remedies for its low birth rate by improving day care facilities and extending maternity leave. But before that, people should consider giving lessons in 'male-female communications.'"
June 1, 2006
makes lots of sense. sex is pleasure for both the reproductive organ and the brain. simply these Japanese got wacked from too much porn.... maybe I should limit myself from porn too.
QUOTE(Mightycandy @ Jun 1 2006, 11:10 PM) [snapback]1910281[/snapback]
makes lots of sense. sex is pleasure for both the reproductive organ and the brain. simply these Japanese got wacked from too much porn.... maybe I should limit myself from porn too.
r u sure... i think Japanese is really good in SEX.
I first heard abount men-woman comunication in Japan years ago, and it seems it is still there. I guess it is not easy to fight intimidation in comunication.
you people just can't control your animalistic nature 
That's sad.
on the bright side, their risk of getting a STD is low. . . .
more $hite topics 
man, no wonder they make so much porn
There are also other invention for pleasure
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Are you able to convey your own sexual desires to your partner?
i thought bukake was pretty creative...
I find this hard to believe. 
r u sure... i think Japanese is really good in SEX.
All that built up pressure has to go somewhere.
QUOTE(Nikkie_nid @ Jun 2 2006, 02:46 AM) [snapback]1910911[/snapback]
r u sure... i think Japanese is really good in SEX.
All that built up pressure has to go somewhere.
QUOTE(Nikkie_nid @ Jun 2 2006, 08:46 AM) [snapback]1910911[/snapback]
r u sure... i think Japanese is really good in SEX.
like you would know............stop watching porn
QUOTE(paper_crane @ Jun 2 2006, 10:00 AM) [snapback]1911762[/snapback]
I find this hard to believe.
WTF? A living and breathing 40 year old virgin? Wow, I just can't help but believe that the lines between fiction and reality got fucking blurred.
Also, I just hope for <40 year old Japanese men to communicate more with the opposite sex.
The ratio is higher for the members of this forum.
QUOTE(DesiredOldboy @ Jun 2 2006, 05:52 PM) [snapback]1912419[/snapback]
The ratio is higher for the members of this forum.
LOL
QUOTE(supernovasp @ Jun 2 2006, 06:12 PM) [snapback]1912653[/snapback]
LOL
Must be a whole lot of whackers out there then. Which would explain all the mutants living in the worlds sewers.
I'm still only half way till I become part of that statistic... I need to get laid... fast.
in a word whorehouse
A little to risky isn't it
QUOTE(strawberryofdoom @ Jun 4 2006, 01:22 AM) [snapback]1916904[/snapback]
A little to risky isn't it
Very risky.... But if your in that big of a hurry to loose that 1 thing you can loose but 1 time.
really???
i'm wondering why..
if so..there's a possibility for girls too??
i'm wondering why..
if so..there's a possibility for girls too??
interesting...
QUOTE(tinman01 @ Jun 3 2006, 11:29 PM) [snapback]1916543[/snapback]
in a word whorehouse
that is cheating
QUOTE(Nikkie_nid @ Jun 2 2006, 02:46 AM) [snapback]1910911[/snapback]
r u sure... i think Japanese is really good in SEX.
err....why d u know?
QUOTE(fraggo @ Jun 4 2006, 05:31 PM) [snapback]1919562[/snapback]
that is cheating
How is that cheating? I know guys who took their sons to whorehouses on the 18th birthdays. In fact, that used to be the rite of passage in the old days, when men used to be *real* men.
QUOTE(ktchong @ Jun 5 2006, 06:24 PM) [snapback]1920906[/snapback]
How is that cheating? I know guys who took their sons to whorehouses on the 18th birthdays. In fact, that used to be the rite of passage in the old days, when men used to be *real* men.
real men?????
ok so now real men are ugy loners in who use whores????
i guess i am not a real man then.
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