The trend of Japanese women’s prerequisites for a partner has changed from Sanko, which means three high levels (high income, high educational background, and high height) into Santei, which means three low levels (low posture, low risk and low dependency) according to Mari Kanazawa’s Watashi to Tokyo blog.
Ikemen means good-looking guy. She says the very popular girls fashion magazine ViVi recently conducted a questionnaire on “What type is your next boyfriend?” To Kanazawa’s surprise, over half of the answers were “I prefer B-otoko to Ikemen.” B-otoko means B class and also Busaiku otoko (ugly guy).
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