What Japan Thinks recently posted the results of a survey of Japanese men, which asked them about their favorite “secret fetish”. The top result, unsuprisingly, was zettai ryouiki, which is Japanese for “absolute territory”; in other words, that glorious bit of flesh between the top of a girl’s thigh-high socks and the bottom of her skirt. I must say, the Japanese have fine taste.
Now, purely for the purposes of scientific analysis, I’ve included some examples of thigh-high-wearing women below.
I don’t find the survey’s top result surprising in the least. After all, from Hatsune Miku to Mari Illustrious, characters sporting thigh-high socks are all the rage these days. What I do find surprising, however, are some of the other popular fetishes listed in the survey. Here are the results, listed in order of popularity
| Rank | Score | |
| 1 | Skin between knee socks and skirt | 100 |
| 2 | Athletic thighs | 89.5 |
| 3 | Voice | 75.4 |
| 4= | Smell | 70.2 |
| 4= | Small breasts | 70.2 |
| 6 | Big bums | 56.1 |
| 7 | Lower lips | 31.6 |
| 8 | Small hands | 28.1 |
| 9 | Indent around collar bone | 26.3 |
| 10 | Upper lips | 24.6 |
| 11 | Firm upper arms | 21.1 |
| 12= | Blood vessels visible through white skin | 19.3 |
| 12= | White bits left after tanning | 19.3 |
| 14 | Droopy eyes | 17.5 |
| 15 | Earlobes | 14.0 |
| 16= | Broad shoulders | 12.3 |
| 16= | Wide forehead | 12.3 |
| 18= | Belly buttons | 8.8 |
| 18= | Excess hair | 8.8 |
| 18= | Single-folded eyelids | 8.8 |
Excess HAIR? Seriously? Does that mean… like… body hair?
Ew.
So what about you, dear readers? What’s kind of feminine (and masculine) clothing do you find most attractive? Let us know in the polls below!
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–Via Japanator and What Japan Thinks
Further Research: TV Tropes on Zettai Ryouiki