Brainy girls have marriage handicap

the Australian ^ | January 03, 2005 | "correspondents in London"

[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."

[Windcatcher]

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...

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I guess I need to get out more, but I never seem to have the time.

You need to MAKE the time!

[Tempest]

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

[PennsylvaniaMom]

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...

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

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?"

[cyborg]

LOL well some forty year old men can be immature.

[patton]

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

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

I wear the same T-shirt...

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

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

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

[patton]

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

[patton]

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.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

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

[cyborg]

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

[Windcatcher]

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

[patton]

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.

[cyborg]

LOL

[Syncro]

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)

[Petronski]

Aww, I miss all the best threads!

[cyborg]

That's what you get for watching football.

[U S Army EOD]

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.