# I feel like my needs are simple compared to most people **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-my-needs-are-simple-compared-to-most-people/720476 "2015-05-21T04:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-my-needs-are-simple-compared-to-most-people/720476/6 "2015-05-21T16:42:09Z")
Reading this thread right after [this other one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=757391), I see that I can blame you for the problems the Japanese porn industry is having. > [@Japanese Porn Industry Comes Up Short in the Male Department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/5): > > \*\*"Many industry insiders blame the conundrum on a growing social trend known as herbivore men: Those who shun sex and traditional masculine values in favour of a quiet, uncompetitive lifestyle. ‘Mentally, men have become weaker,’ said actress Yuko Shiraki. ‘They’re less macho, less proactive about sex.’ > > “Celebrated director Tohjiro agrees Japanese men are going soft. ‘I’ve been in this business for 27 years and you can see the increase in herbivore males,’ he said. ‘Men aren’t hungry anymore. They’ve lost their desire. Everything’s on a plate for them. It wasn’t like that for my generation. If we got a banana or a pineapple, we went crazy with joy. These days, men don’t get excited by anything. The same applies to sex and attitude towards women and relationships. They just click on the internet for it’.”\*\* --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-my-needs-are-simple-compared-to-most-people/720476)._