[DM] Women hate doing faces on train, but loathe wasting commuting time more

[Sir Pompously]

Women hate doing faces on train, but loathe wasting commuting time more
Most women strongly dislike putting on make-up on the trains, but do so anyway because they don't want to waste the time they spend commuting, according to results of a study by the Pola Research Institute of Beauty and Culture.

Of all the women surveyed, 76 percent said they "felt some resistance" toward putting on their make-up on the train.

Nonetheless, 19 percent of women still did their face while commuting, especially those in their 20s.

A recent Japan Private Railways Association survey of commuters' opinions on women using cosmetics on public transport received comments such as "they smell unpleasant," "it's an eyesore" and "even though I'm a woman myself, I find the practice disturbing."

Pola, meanwhile, used the Internet to ask women aged 15 to 64 living in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures about make-up on trains. Overall, 19 percent said they had done their face while traveling by rail. The most common group were those in their late 20s, where 43 percent had used make-up on a train, with 34 percent in their early 20s the next most frequent demographic. Less than 10 percent of those 40 or older had fixed their cosmetics on the train.

Even those in their 20s disliked applying cosmetics publicly, with 60 percent of women in their late 20s saying they had resistance to the practice.

The most commonly applied make-up on trains was lipstick, with 53 percent of respondents, followed by lip gloss at 48 percent and foundation at 40 percent of those who used cosmetics.

Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080301p2a00m0na007000c.html

[Irisbus Rider]

I think this thread was intended for real news, not this.....

[Sir Pompously]

God dammit John, you need to get with it. Reading the Daily Telegraph is worse than this, so nothing constructive to say don't say it at all. Or if you don't like it, don't read it instead of leaving ill-informed comments when you do not understand this is actually a big deal to another culture. Thats right, another culture. We don't have the only one.

And Mat, The Japanese are especially concerned with their looks and are constantly making sure they look good in every mirror they can find. Makeup is a big part to make themselves look good, especially for 'the boys' (More especially the Kawaii ones).

[Buzz Killington]

[Irisbus Rider]

"Most women dislike putting on make-up on trains"?

Actually sounds like something from the Daily Tele...