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The title on HN is downright misleading. "... the Japan Family Planning Association interviewed 3,000 subjects, both male and female, about their sex lives." T
by brandonheato 12y ago
The title on HN is downright misleading. "... the Japan Family Planning Association interviewed 3,000 subjects, both male and female, about their sex lives."
Those aren't couples, they're just random men and women from what I understand this text.
Also, I have lived in Japan for the past 5 years and around me at least a lot of people are (very) sexually active, in fact, too active, or too casual usually. Most guys date multiple girls/have multiple sex friends, and even if they're married or in a relationship, many have sex partners other than their girlfriend/spouse.
Despite the misleading title, I wouldn't be surprised if couples reply that they haven't have sex with each other for the past month and were telling the truth (because they're too busy having sex with other partners).
- shadowmint 12y agoSpot on. ...however, its also fair to say studies like these work their way up into the Japanese government policy think tank. The 3 billion yen in match making & services is no joke. The government is obsessed with the issue, which is more troubling than the reality of sexuality in Japan.
- ANTSANTS 12y agoCan I guess that you are a tech yuppie, whose social circle consists mostly of other tech yuppies? Most people around the world are not tech yuppies in a recession. Try asking a dropout or a convenience store clerk about the sex they're having and you might get a less outrageous answer.
- brandonheato 12y agoI'm an engineer but my social circle is mostly made up of people who are not in web/tech, and from all kinds of industries (marketing, finance, medical, real-estate, business owners, etc). So this definitely does not (just) apply to the tech industry.
- abalone 12y agoYou criticize the methodology by citing anecdotal evidence. That's worse. Also it doesn't explain the correlation with the recession.
- brandonheato 12y agoI only criticized the title of the HN post, because it differs from what what was written in the article. What followed was what I observed from my personal experiences, and I did not say that my personal experiences necessary reflect the state of the whole of Japan, nor vice versa, or prove this article false. These are just my personal observations, which happen to be the opposite of what was stated in the article. Also, in addition to the very small sample set (3000 out of millions, even if we are just considering the age group mentioned), it also provides little to no detail of the sample selected (location, marital status etc). IMHO this is article seems sensationalist to me, or just bad journalism (no links to concrete sources or data).
- Kiro 12y agoHow old are you?
- brandonheato 12y agoTurning 32 this year.
- 4ydx 12y agoThese guys should grow some balls and just separate from their "partners".
- dang 12y agoWe changed the title to make it less misleading. Sorry we didn't see this earlier.