[mimighost]

Exactly. Japanese style work ethic is a pandemic spread across east Asia, in which, devotion(even pretended) wins over efficiency. It also leads to a paternalistic company structure, where your workplace is your home and your boss is the owner.

Ultimately, this sacrifices the employee's personal time by blurring the boundary between life and work. Sadly, a lot of researches show long working hour doesn't necessarily leads to actual output, but the ideology is still largely respected and practiced.

[mc32]

How does this explain herbivore men and otaku and the stay at home 'parasites' (parasaitu shinguru) who have quite a lot of free time on their hands from engaging in sex with a steady partner -rather than soapland stuff or out abstinence/grazing.

[frivoal]

Easily: look outside, decide the world is still a fucked-up place, stay inside. "Normal" social interactions with other people will drag you into society, and you sure don't want that, avoid that too.