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02-13-2010, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyororin View Post
Maybe I`m just unlucky, but it seems that guys LOVE to brag that if there is a non-Japanese female (me) in the vicinity.

They are generally not in Japan expressly for that purpose... But generally it is along the lines of;
"What brought you to Japan?"
"I`m going to school/got a job teaching English/took a work transfer."
"Why Japan specifically?"
"Definitely the women. The culture is cool and all, but I started looking into if after *insert "developed attraction to porn star" / "saw some hot idol" / "heard about how they treat their husbands"* ..." etc with wink and nudge to the other men. Depending on how obnoxious the guy is, it`s pretty common to go on to talk about how the women just jump into bed with him, etc etc.

Obviously not EVERYONE is like that. As I said, I know a handful of guys who aren`t... But it seems like wanting a Japanese woman is a driving force behind a lot of choices to head to Japan. Particularly in shorter term stays, and in the eikaiwa route. I imagine it is different in full blown university (either as a student or working, as JET seems to be a lot different in terms of who they accept.)
During my stint as a part time English teacher, all but one of the guys working there did nothing but flirt with female students - and a few of them even kept very public tallies of how many they`d been able to take home after just a few classes.
That's really interesting. It is interesting it is the non-Japanese women they "confess" to. Maybe as an American guy I don't get the real story from the foreigners I meet in Japan. Certainly very plausible...
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