Hikikomori

Categories: manosphere

[[File:Tatsuhiro Satou laying.png|thumb|434x434px|Tatsuhiro Satou is a '''hikikomori''' himself and the protagonist of the Anime Welcome to the N.H.K. elaborating the phenomenon. ]]
A '''hikikomori''' (Japanese for "pulling inward, being confined") is a person who refuses to leave their parent's house, doesn't [[Wagecuck|work]] or pursue education and isolates themselves away from society and their family in a single room for a period of six months or more<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5775123/</ref>. A hikikomori's life often ends badly after their dependent parent or provider dies, so [[roping]] and/or murder after the death is relatively common. Roughly [[Demographics of inceldom|half a million young Japanese are extreme hermits]] depending on their parents. The English equivalent term is the [[Peter-pan generation]]. 

The term also refers to the general societal trend of infantilization in Japan.

== Characteristics ==

=== Causes ===

* [[Bullying]].
* Social, romantical and sexual [[Rejection (dating)|rejection]].
* Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
* Extreme [[shyness]].

=== Consequences ===

* [[Celibacy]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Roping]]
* Friendlessness

=== Sex ratio ===
About 90% of hikikomoris are [[Men|male]].<ref>[https://www.hikikomoriitalia.it/p/characteristics-of-average-hikikomori.html#:~:text=According%20to%20Japanese%20data%20the%20hikikomori%20would%20be%2090%25%20male.&text=What%20causes%20this%20imbalance%3F,is%20culturally%20greater%20for%20men. https://www.hikikomoriitalia.it/p/characteristics-of-average-hikikomori.html#:~:text=According%20to%20Japanese%20data%20the%20hikikomori%20would%20be%2090%25%20male.&text=What%20causes%20this%20imbalance%3F,is%20culturally%20greater%20for%20men.]</ref>

==See also==

*[[Kakuhido]]
*[[Men Without Motivation]]
*[[NEET Army]]
*[[NEET]]
*[[Otaku]]
*[[r9k]]
*[[Behavioral sink]]

== References ==
[[category:manosphere]]