Japan’s sexual apathy is endangering the global economy

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67. I am accepted AND I am a foreigner.

The expectation of being treated exactly as everyone else is a bit weird when you think of it realistically. I will always be a foreigner here but that does not mean something bad necessarily.

No, Japanese are not disinterested in sex. The economy is bad and Japanese are used to having multiple generational households. When they go urban, they do not have the economic means to have large families for a few reasons: Their apt. size, their income, the fact that they are alone away from their extended family, etc.

Herbivores are a phenomena. I think many women and men have calculated that marriage and kids is too much of a drain on their limited resources. And as I said elsewhere, the demands for a family are high. Everything must be done right when it comes to being a mom and dad. The pressure to do everything right is strong here. And thee days, kids don't feel as able to live up to those high standards as their parents.

That is my overly simplified explanation. I could go on and on with details and examples, but that's it in a nutshell.

It has nothing to do with abhorrence of sex, disinterest in sex, awkwardness with the other sex, timidity or anything else.

It is economically driven combined with the high demands for social conformity ("keeping up with the Joneses' syndrome).