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Originally Posted by Scrag
Why are men so intimidated by smart women?
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I'm not sure that they are, necessarily. In my own case, while obviously I could be attracted to any sufficiently hot girl, I'd get bored very quickly with any girl I didn't see as an intellectual equal or near-equal. Although having been mostly raised by a smart woman, I'm used to it.
I think that often it isn't simply being a smart girl that intimidates guys. However, a girl who constantly makes a point of demonstrating her smarts could well be seen as unattractive. No-one likes a know-it-all, and there's still an assumption that girls should be less assertive. Also, it can often be the case that it isn't really the intelligence scaring guys away. While it's obviously possible to be both smart and physically attractive (
), girls who trade heavily on their intelligence in the dating market tend to be those who don't have more primal things going for them. Is it actually your intelligence scaring people away, or are you just not physically attractive?