Posted on 01/02/2005 2:29:21 PM PST by FormerACLUmember
A HIGH IQ is a hindrance for women wanting to get married, while it is an asset for men, according to a study by four British universities.
The study found the likelihood of marriage increased by 35 per cent for males for each 16-point increase in IQ.
But for females, there was a 40 per cent drop for each 16-point rise.
The findings, by the universities of Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh and Glasgow, were published in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper.
The study was based on the IQs of 900 males and females between their 10th and 40th birthdays.
Paul Brown, a psychologist and professor at Nottingham University, told the Sunday Times: "Women in their late 30s who have gone for careers after the first flush of university and who are among the brightest of their generation are finding that men are just not interesting enough."
Writer and broadcaster Claire Rayner said intelligent men often prefered a less brainy partner.
"A chap with a high IQ is going to get a demanding job that is going to take up a lot of his energy and time.
"In many ways he wants a woman who is an old-fashioned wife and looks after the home, a copy of his mum in a way."
Before I was married, the first thing which caught my attention about a girl was her face. Next was her figure.
If her looks were ok, then you notice her personality, and morality.
I think most guys want a girl who is about as smart as they are. I don't think they would mind her being very intelligent but would not want a girl who was dumb unless they were pretty slow themself.
A girl who is strikingly beautiful but has a lousy personality or morals becomes unattractive very fast.
**Say. . .around age 40 and, of course, no man will be interested in her at that time. . .and for good reason. **
What reason?
190 posted on 01/02/2005 4:31:15 PM PST by mrs tiggywinkle
*** I'm a single girl who is 31. I try to hold on to my half way decent looks because I'd be fooling myself if I said 'men will like my personality'. There are men who will find any reason to reject a woman based upon her appearance. A woman who is a few pounds overweight and has a few wrinkles gets passed over because some young thing with a flat stomach is more 'appealing'. Believe me I've seen this in action personally!
The woman with a lot of intelligence has no problem getting married. She just has to be smart enough to not use it lord it over her man.
"What makes you think conservatives are into eugenics?"
The simple fact is that intelligence is a highly inheritable trait - anywhere from 50% to 80%. The remainder component is almost entirely made up of pre-natal nutrition.
That's not to say eugenics should be practiced in society, but highly intelligent people should have lots of kids, so that society can benefit.
A dear friend of mine has an MBA in Speech Pathology. Her hubby's MBA is in Economics. They married at 38 and 40 respectively and had a child the next year. He's the main bread winner as she is a full time home maker although works about 10 hours per month doing private therapy and is able to bring her son along.
Care to share your current picture?
You're still young. But why is it men think women can only have intelligence and be ugly?
I'm 45 and look 35. I've lost 90 pounds in the last year and look decent in clothes today. Clothes styles have changed even for women my age.
My husband teases me that I'm high maintenance because I spend hundreds in dollars in cosmetics to care for my skin.
Yes. . .much better said than I.
That's what I hear. You have no idea how materialistic a lot of men are these days.
"What was meant was there are a lot of angry and mean and selfish women out there and by age 40 it seems to build up and you can now see it on their face."
Same could be said for men; what's your point?
I'll bet your husband secretly likes it that you take care of yourself. My goal is to lose weight about as much as I can because it's a jungle out there. I'm not sure why some men associate intelligence with ugliness though. I do know that I read in a book that a lot of women would trade intelligence for being beautiful.
Or the ones that "appear" to be intelligent, seem to feel the need to make up for their "bookish nature" by going after the "bad boys."
Some of the smartest girls I knew in college were dating real scum-bags, who treated them like dirt.
I know that the only time any were interested in me was when they were complaining of how badly their boyfriends treated them... One actualy said (without thinking) that she wished she could find a guy like me!... I said, "What about me?" It was like watching a puppy go running into a tiled kitchen floor... Where the feet are moving 100 miles per hour backwards, but he just keeps sliding forward...
Mark
"I do know that I read in a book that a lot of women would trade intelligence for being beautiful."
I would too as a woman. But with all the cosmetics, exercise and diet remedies available today, looking decent is achievable.
LOL. They will wake up at age 45 and realize that they were fools.
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