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or grass eaters is a term used in Japan to describe men who have no interest in getting married or finding a girlfriend. The term was first coined by author Maki Fukasawa in an article published on October 13, 2006.〔lifestudies.org (Special Report: Herbivore Men )〕 Surveys of single Japanese men conducted in 2010 found that 61% of men in their 20s and 70% of men in their 30s considered themselves to be herbivores. Japan's government views the phenomenon as one possible cause of the nation's declining birth rate. According to Fukasawa, herbivore men are "not without romantic relationships, but have a non-assertive, indifferent attitude toward desires of flesh". The philosopher Masahiro Morioka defines herbivore men as men who are "the nice guys of a new generation who do not aggressively seek meat, but instead prefer to eat grass side by side with the opposite gender."〔『最後の恋は草食系男子が持ってくる』 (Translated: ''Herbivore Men Bring the Final Love'') Masahiro Morioka. July 23, 2009〕 ==Potential causes== Indifference of men to marriage and committed relationships is an observable trend in many advanced societies. Various social and economic factors are cited in playing a role in this trend. For example, the huge proliferation of internet porn has increased the ease and enjoyment of masturbation for men, with the possible consequence that "two-dimensional" females are now more attractive to men than three-dimensional ones. In Japan, the decline of the Japanese economy is often cited as a factor including the rise of herbivore men, the theory being that economic disillusionment has caused Japanese men to turn their backs on typical "masculine" and corporate roles, with over 2,500,000 freeters and between 650,000 and 850,000 NEETs living in Japan between the ages of 19 and 35. Some professionals see this response ingrained in Japanese culture—while Westerners voice displeasure with hardships, the Japanese instead turn inwards.〔 〕 Many of these causes, however, may be enhanced by Japanese women and male perceptions of them. Many women refuse men who do not have steady jobs (such as freeters and NEET). Other women feel that self-proclaimed soushoku-kei danshi (herbivore men) are weak and not masculine, while some men apparently are not attracted to "independent" women.〔 In a 2011 poll of Japanese boys aged between sixteen and nineteen, 36% of the boys said they were not interested in having sex; the figure for girls in the same age group was nearly double, at 59%. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herbivore men」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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