Herbivores

Check this out. Its an interesting article about how more Japanese kids are becoming less motivated and men are becoming less manly. This is another article that focuses on men in particular. They call these unmotivated, more effeminate men 'herbivores'. Before I continue, let me just say that find calling feminine men 'herbivores' a bit offensive - especially considering that all human beings are herbivores. Nah, I'm not really offended, but I'm pretty sure that name was picked to be offensive.

Japanese kids are supposed becoming less motivated to find a good job or even study abroad. The men are supposedly becoming less motivated to go through the motions of dating and finding a wife. There must be a problem there because I've seen Japanese women and any guy who wouldn't want to date them is obviously sick....or gay, which is a valid excuse. I've heard many reasons for this trend. Reasons such as no war makes it unnecessary for men to prove their manliness or people are just not motivated to work 14 hour days for the rest of their life, can you blame them?? In defense of the Japanese kids, the survey conducted in the first article to show this trend was a little cheesy.

I feel like this trend has been occurring everywhere, but in Japan (a country very resistant to any kind of change) this kind of change is considered a step back and very scary.