Unsexy Japan

This recent article on the state of the Japanese libido confirms what I've long suspected - Japanese don't get laid that often. Although the article deals mainly with the state of sexless marriages (marriages where the couple have sex less than once a month) it also cites a much publicized survey of 41 countries around the world in which Japanese respondents ran dead last with regard to the number of sexual encounters they have per year. The Japanese figure of 46 sexual encounters per year is only slightly more than a quarter of the highest ranking French with 137 and less than half the 103 average for all countries surveyed.

Back in Japan, though -- a land rife with risque fashions and explicit comics for both genders -- it is surprising to learn of such a widespread lack of libido.

This comment appearing in the same article would be understandable from someone who didn't live in Japan or if they did, walked around with their eyes closed and had no contact with Japanese people. I don't believe you can glean much from a person by their hairstyles or clothes except that the more extravagant they are the more likely the person in question is trying to compensate for something. The Japanese are without doubt very fashoinable but sexy they aint. They are mass conformists, the "group" mentality permeates any type of social gathering. Individualism is suppressed and spontaneity unheard of. The outlandish hairstyles and fashoins are just a facade to disguise their dull nature and since almost everyone either dyes their hair or has some kind of weird style it just reinforces their herd mentality.

In contrast to the author I found nothing startling in the results of the survey. The weekend hacker with no abiltiy who buys himself a replica set of Tiger Wood's golf clubs is still a hacker albeit with an expensive set of clubs. Shy, introverted people such as the Japanese don't become nymphomaniacs as soon as they don a low cut skirt or dye their hair. However for people devoid of personality and who surround themselves with others of the same ilk, the appearance of being hip and sexy is akin to real thing.