Men are inflexible about thier choice in women, because it hurts their fee fees

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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-smart-women-may-threaten-your-manhood-2015-10-16

While men say they like the idea of dating a woman who’s smarter than they are, when it comes time to meet her, they’re less keen on the brainy lady, a study that will be published in the November journal “Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin” reveals.

In the first part of the study, researchers had 105 male participants read a hypothetical scenario about a woman who, among other traits, had either outperformed the male subject or underperformed him in a math or English course; the men were then asked to imagine how desirable that person might be as a romantic partner.

In this scenario, “men formed favorable impressions and showed greater interest in women who displayed more (versus less) intelligence than themselves.” (Research out this year supports the notion that men say intelligence is very important to them in a romantic partner.)

But in the second part of the study — where the men were told they would meet a woman in person — a woman’s intelligence worked against her. The participants took what they thought was an intelligence test, and were told that they would soon be meeting someone who had either scored better or worse than them on the test.

Faced with actually meeting a female who was smarter than they were, the men “distanced themselves more from her, tended to rate her as less attractive, and showed less desire to exchange contact information or plan a date with her,” the study revealed. (Similarly, a study published in the “Quarterly Journal of Economics,” which looked at people who were speed dating, found that “men do not value women’s intelligence or ambition when it exceeds their own,” though in this case it was ambition that significantly turned them off from a woman.)

Put simply: In a hypothetical scenario (one in which the man will never meet the woman), men showed greater attraction toward a woman who was smarter than them, but when they are faced with actually meeting a more intelligent woman, they showed less attraction and desire to date her.
 
105 participants?

I have no idea if the results are valid or not but the number of data points seems sketchy.
 
105 participants?

I have no idea if the results are valid or not but the number of data points seems sketchy.

Yeah, it's pretty far from definitive

it just gives an opposite corrolary to LT's rant about the evils of women that dont date stupid men

I mean it's hard to beat his hard proof consisting of youtube videos.. but its something
 
They're nervous that actually having to hang out with 'smarter' women will put them in a scenario where they might be challenged or not understand what is being said.

They want to maintain some feeling of superiority over the woman, and that's hard to to do if they think she is smarter than them.

I guess it's kind of like some work situations - you get this feeling inside that makes you want to be smarter than the other people you work with, so you can prove your value. But actually, you should really want to be one of the less smart people in the group so you benefit by learning from the others.

...
Or, maybe they think the only bargaining chip they have is their intelligence. Like, if the woman can solve the Cryptic crossword on her own - what the hell would she want a man for?
 
No LJ yet? I was hoping for a re-match… :)
Given his last + + carbon-copied threads.
 
No LJ yet? I was hoping for a re-match… :)
Given his last + + carbon-copied threads.

there are no arguments with LT... if you point out a flaw he resorts to name calling or repeating something over and over again

but since I have chronic insomnia, he is a good way to put me back to sleep
 
there are no arguments with LT... if you point out a flaw he resorts to name calling or repeating something over and over again

but since I have chronic insomnia, he is a good way to put me back to sleep

I am even worse…
Can you imagine that, on a Friday night, I'm patiently waiting for BB or LJ's threads etc., instead of going out?

It's nuts, but I haven't laughed as much in years.:)
 
I am even worse…
Can you imagine that, on a Friday night, I'm patiently waiting for BB or LJ's threads etc., instead of going out?

It's nuts, but I haven't laughed as much in years.:)

It's comedy gold, and he writes his own material..it's a performers dream

but you should go out, I probably wont be posting for a few more days
 
I'd be wishing for a wingman to pawn off my date that's an undergrad intern at the Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin...
 
but you should go out, I probably wont be posting for a few more days

Yup… That loser that I was talking about, that's pretty much me.:rolleyes:
I'm still here, but at least the board is starting to fill up, I see that BB and AJ started posting, too.
 
Smarter women arent a problem I have. None are smarter than me, so I don't care whats between their ears so long as they have the right stuff between their legs
 
Smarter women arent a problem I have. None are smarter than me, so I don't care whats between their ears so long as they have the right stuff between their legs

Which would be…still a penis?
The waiting lists for surgery are v.long.
 
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-smart-women-may-threaten-your-manhood-2015-10-16

While men say they like the idea of dating a woman who’s smarter than they are, when it comes time to meet her, they’re less keen on the brainy lady, a study that will be published in the November journal “Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin” reveals.

In the first part of the study, researchers had 105 male participants read a hypothetical scenario about a woman who, among other traits, had either outperformed the male subject or underperformed him in a math or English course; the men were then asked to imagine how desirable that person might be as a romantic partner.

In this scenario, “men formed favorable impressions and showed greater interest in women who displayed more (versus less) intelligence than themselves.” (Research out this year supports the notion that men say intelligence is very important to them in a romantic partner.)

But in the second part of the study — where the men were told they would meet a woman in person — a woman’s intelligence worked against her. The participants took what they thought was an intelligence test, and were told that they would soon be meeting someone who had either scored better or worse than them on the test.

Faced with actually meeting a female who was smarter than they were, the men “distanced themselves more from her, tended to rate her as less attractive, and showed less desire to exchange contact information or plan a date with her,” the study revealed. (Similarly, a study published in the “Quarterly Journal of Economics,” which looked at people who were speed dating, found that “men do not value women’s intelligence or ambition when it exceeds their own,” though in this case it was ambition that significantly turned them off from a woman.)

Put simply: In a hypothetical scenario (one in which the man will never meet the woman), men showed greater attraction toward a woman who was smarter than them, but when they are faced with actually meeting a more intelligent woman, they showed less attraction and desire to date her.
These men are idiots.

See how easy that is?

Instead of endless rants justifying them or attacking you for pointing them out, all I've got to say is that these men are fucking idiots.

In most modern relationships there is a comparative advantage relationship when it comes to intelligence. One spouse has strong points in one area while the other spouse has strong points in other areas, and there's also some overlap.
 
there are no arguments with LT... if you point out a flaw he resorts to name calling or repeating something over and over again
Arguing with you is like dealing with a child.

Wait, no, my kids argue more coherently than you do. And unlike you they've already gotten past the flaw of contradicting themselves.
 
LOL at how this thread got abandoned by everyone so fast when BBS didn't get the response she expected.
 
there are no arguments with LT... if you point out a flaw he resorts to name calling or repeating something over and over again

but since I have chronic insomnia, he is a good way to put me back to sleep

and don't forget giving 'vanity threads' to those he hates. :rolleyes:
 
For the women and men that think the other is less intelligent.
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/103/3/506/

Thanks.
Broad gender-wide trends in intelligence (men are smarter than women or women are smarter than men) are entirely induced by culture. Statistics that show one gender is smarter or more achieved only proves that the other gender is in some way shackled in ways we refuse to recognize.
 
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