Japan is freaking out over an emerging new social class derogatorily dubbed “grass eating boys” because they want a quiet peaceful life. These “soushoku danshi” refuse to work the long hours traditionally expected of them, are less likely to get married and have children, and according to this slate article, Japanese research shows that “60 percent of men in their early 20s and at least 42 percent of men aged 23 to 34 consider themselves grass-eating men.”
It would seem then, that many Japanese men are starting to see the downside of being society’s beasts of burden and have instead decided to drop out of the rat race, stop pursuing women and stick to peaceful pursuits like gardening and playing video games. Perhaps these men have simply seen too many of their fathers and uncles dive off skyscrapers, and have realized what most males realize too late, that achievement and status are twin piles of shit used to bully men into doing exactly what society wants them to do – serve others, be those others bosses, women or the political elites.
I see no real negatives here – the grass eaters get to have easy non-competitive lives while still working, so it’s not like they are a welfare drain, and the men who still want to work like bullocks have less competition and greater choice when it comes to women, and hopefully their society will appreciate their hard work all the more for it’s rarity. I applaud these cud-chewing, sandal-wearing goldfish tenders, and urge Western men to follow in their footsteps. To twist a right wing slogan, “If it doesn’t love you, leave it!” If Japan is that concerned about it’s grass eaters it should try treating it’s men as human beings instead of as a bunch of fucking coolies whose sole purpose is to work themselves to death to buy garbage they don’t need, and support families they don’t want. You only get what you give and it’s about time men everywhere told their societies that they had better start treating us like human beings or they can find someone else to do the heavy lifting.
Article here, and yes, some anti-male crap is rolled out such as the accusation that the herbivores are commitment-phobic, and don’t want to spend so much time in the office because they aren’t allowed to sexually harass the wominz anymore!
