Wednesday, February 8, 2012

What?s so charming about short people?

goo Ranking recently took a look at what?s so charming about short people, for both what women find attractive about short men and what men find attractive about short women.

Demographics

Over the 25th and 26th of November 2011 1,074 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.4% of the sample were female, 11.6% in their teens, 14.7% in their twenties, 26.9% in their thirties, 25.0% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 10.7% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

There?s quite a difference between the male and female answers, and male answers 11, 12, and 13 are not really very nice at all!

My wife always points out that taller foreign guys tend to have shorter than average Japanese girlfriends. However, on TV last night I saw this mismatched all-Japanese couple:

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Ranking results

Q1: What do you find attractive about short men? (Sample size=616, female)

Rank ? Score
1 Not intimidating 100
2 No problems walking hand-in-hand with them 86.7
3 Cute to look at 81.6
4 They always look so busy doing everything 74.1
5 They look young 73.4
6 They appeal to my mothering instinct 70.3
7 Charming 69.6
8 As we both have about the same field of vision, I don?t need to strain my neck 65.2
9 They walk about the same speed as me 48.1
10 I can let them spoil themselves with me 42.4
11 We can sit anywhere in the cinema without me worrying about their head blocking someone?s view 35.4
12 Lots of favourable impression gaps 30.4
13 We can share clothes 29.1
14 They hate to lose 20.9
15 Good posture 20.3

Q2: What do you find attractive about short women? (Sample size=458, male)

Rank ? Score
1 Their naturally upturned eyes 100
2 They look like little animals 77.9
3 Them struggling to reach something on a high shelf 75.5
4 As their stride is short, them scurrying around 58.9
5 Feels good where our arms end up when we hug 57.1
6 Little hands 52.8
7 When they can?t reach the handles on the train and has to hold onto my arm instead 50.3
8 When in a crowd and they have to hop about, stand on tiptoes to be seen 47.9
9 When they wear men?s clothings that are a few sizes too big 42.3
10 They suit childish clothes 34.4
11 When they look miffed when the subject turns to shortness 27.6
12 When they sulk after being mistaken for a schoolgirl 26.4
13 When they get angry on petting their heads 25.2
14 When they wear high heels and try to appear as tall as possible 17.2
15 Feels good when I give her a piggy-back 15.3
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  • Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatJapanThinks/~3/jYTHy3mH5mE/

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