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Brainy girls have marriage handicap
the Australian ^ | January 03, 2005 | "correspondents in London"

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."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Japan; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: iq; japan; marraige; unitedkingdom
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
I can't get to the link. But, for the past hour I haven't been able to get to Yahoo! or Slashdot either. I'm wondering if there's a problem with Comcast or a backbone somewhere...
401 posted on 01/02/2005 8:56:30 PM PST by Windcatcher
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To: sweetliberty
I guess I need to get out more, but I never seem to have the time.

You need to MAKE the time!

402 posted on 01/02/2005 8:57:06 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace (Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
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To: theFIRMbss

LOL!!! That's so hawt!!!


403 posted on 01/02/2005 8:57:21 PM PST by Tempest (Click on my name for a long list of press contacts)
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To: cyborg
Fat rolls and wrinkles.

Cy (PaMom ducks cyber rocks being thrown in 'borg's direction)...you are hanging with the wrong group of 40 years olds...

404 posted on 01/02/2005 8:57:57 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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To: patton
Do you have a filter on or something that would block a picture of a woman in a T-shirt (and fully dressed) that says "I Wish These Were Brains?"
405 posted on 01/02/2005 8:58:00 PM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

LOL well some forty year old men can be immature.


406 posted on 01/02/2005 9:01:00 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird

No, I am running on my home system - no philter at all.


407 posted on 01/02/2005 9:01:31 PM PST by patton (The Louisiana crawfish is disrupting breeding areas for frogs and other amphibians)
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To: arasina
I wear the same T-shirt...

All that searching and I didn't see it. Maybe it was the red x that I saw...

408 posted on 01/02/2005 9:01:44 PM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: patton

Apparently it's at post 101 also. Too bad. It is funny...


409 posted on 01/02/2005 9:03:38 PM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird

It showed up in post 396, and yes, it is funny.


410 posted on 01/02/2005 9:06:13 PM PST by patton (The Louisiana crawfish is disrupting breeding areas for frogs and other amphibians)
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To: cyborg
Ahem. 42.

Did anyone make note of the fact that their study group included 10-yo girls?

Outside of the ME, 10-yo's don't usually marry.

411 posted on 01/02/2005 9:08:02 PM PST by patton (The Louisiana crawfish is disrupting breeding areas for frogs and other amphibians)
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To: cyborg

;) ...forgiven. Testosterone can be a dangerous thing.


412 posted on 01/02/2005 9:10:38 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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To: patton

Yeah I noticed... found it a little weird. Junk science maybe?


413 posted on 01/02/2005 9:14:04 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: cyborg

If they're including ten-year-olds then there is definitely a major malfunction somewhere :P Nonetheless, the discussion has been interesting.


414 posted on 01/02/2005 9:16:15 PM PST by Windcatcher
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To: cyborg
Absolute junk.

If I accepted their maths as correct, I would be married 2.4 times!

That, uh, would be a problem.

Actually, the science probably wasn't bad - just the reporting stunk.

415 posted on 01/02/2005 9:16:53 PM PST by patton (The Louisiana crawfish is disrupting breeding areas for frogs and other amphibians)
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To: Windcatcher

LOL


416 posted on 01/02/2005 9:17:53 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: rintense
I have no faith in my degree. Life has taught me far more.

Einstein said (no slacker he) that education starts when an individual is completely finished with school.

I've met many people that call their "degrees" a piece of paper.

(Of course I dropped out of school on the second day of kindegarten and can't even spell it)

417 posted on 01/02/2005 9:39:41 PM PST by Syncro
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To: All

Aww, I miss all the best threads!


418 posted on 01/02/2005 9:40:59 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not *always* cranky.)
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To: Petronski

That's what you get for watching football.


419 posted on 01/02/2005 9:44:06 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: exnavychick

The problem with intelligent women is they seem to have this desire to marry stupid men. Most intelligent women I have known prefered to marry lower than they were on the brain power and education.


420 posted on 01/02/2005 9:44:54 PM PST by U S Army EOD (John Kerry, the mother of all flip floppers.I)
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