Girls, would you be intimidated?

I would not be intimidated. I like smart people. I have a college degree and some of the guys I've dated do not but it doesn't mean that they are not smart, it just means they didn't go to college. On the other hand if I dated a doctor, lawyer, etc. it wouldn't really matter about their degree or their job. When in a relationship I want someone real, someone who I can show things to and they can teach me things as well.

i would be intimidated. id feel like I'm not good enough for him all the time. I'm usually an A, B and every once in awhile C student. I have 2 AP classes, 2 honors and the rest regular. there's a guy I think is cute who has straigght A's and a B once in awhile and pretty much all AP classes. I don't think I'll have the nerve to talk to him because I don't think he would take me seriously and id always feel like I'm not good enough like I said

no I wouldn't be intimidated. I guess I'm pretty highly educated myself for the most part and just in a Bachelor's degree program at my post secondary institution but I don't think that makes me any more than anyone else. it's good to be humble and some girls or guys aren't intimidated. there are other skills needed like being able to socialize and get along with people. education isn't the most important thing out there. I value it, but it shouldn't be something used to intimdate others and people shouldn't view it as something to be feared or be intimidated by.

No I wouldn't be intemidated I'd be glad I met someone like them

I wouldn't be intimidated. I don't have a college degree but I know that I have a great job, learn and research my interests on a daily basis, and am an intelligent person. Secure women know that a degree isn't everything.

I wouldn't be intimidated by someone with a Ph.D., lol. I myself have gotta a bachelors degree and had to take a break from school. To me intelligence is based on many things. I could almost guarantee that there are things that I know that he wouldn't know, just because of how I am. I have a really good friend with 2 masters, lol. It just comes down to things you can find that you two have in common. It's not something he flaunts but because he did loads of work with computers and mathematics if I'm doing things that are working with either with him sometimes I do feel a bit...slow to get the answers since I know he already knows it, lol. But he'd feel the same if we were evaluating art works or looking of egyptian artifacts, things he doesn't know a whole lot about, lol. It just really comes down to how you mesh with each other.

Not intimidated at all, but that's for me because I'm studying and consider myself pretty intelligent and sharp. Intelligence in a guy is never a bad thing haha. But maybe for some girls that just finished high school it is intimidating, it may even be the fact that the guy was economically able to assist college and get a masters and a phd.
But I don't really don't know how to answer that, all of my friends from high school are in college now, so I am. My cousins have phd's, in my context having a masters or a phd is "common".
As for the second part, if the guy isn't cocky its great, there's always this limit of what you can discuss with most people and when you find a person that can go further in my opinion makes the relationship richer.

no, because I would most likely exceed their intelligence in other areas.

I date people who I feel comfortable with; if being around him made me feel stupid or inadequate, I probably wouldn't want to date him. However, just because he has a high education level doesn't mean he'll make me feel uncomfortable – at that point, it really just boils down to personality. The most educated, intelligent, wealthy people can still have fun, down-to-earth personalities that get along well with a variety of people.

Intelligence is good - and as long as he doesn't use it to try to make me feel stupid, it wouldn't make me pause in the slightest.

how the heck would you carry on a conversation!? I've got a similar situation. I'm going to MIT with honors, he's a student at some junior college (he's really not smart) We broke up because he just couldn't hold an intelligent conversation, and we had no common interests.

My opinion: I would date a guy if I could talk to him. Sometimes girls haven't had the means to get farther than high school, but they're still really really bright. It all depends. I mean, if he was gorgeous and shallow, it might work out, but idk. I guess I'd feel like I was dating him for his brain and $$, not personality.

Personally, I would be very hesitant to date someone with a higher education than myself, and I would not be able to date someone who was more intelligent than me in the same way. An example of this is I would never date another med-student who was smarter than me - I take pride in my intelligence and knowledge, and the competition would kill me. My husband, however, is more intelligent than I am, but his intelligence is in computers and mathematics and he knows absolutely nothing abut medicine or science.

Although I am a slight outlier when it comes to how I feel about intelligent guys, I know that most girls would feel at least some level of derision when faced with being in a relationship with a man a lot smarter than herself.

Hope this lent some insight into the matter :)

-Courtney

Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I think most women are completely a-okay with this position. Western tradition dictates the man's role as bread winner, protector, head-of -household... Today's society is still trying to catch up with all the side effects of the women's lib movement of this century. So, there may be some abberations, but generally most women would be okay with a smarter man.

While no healthy woman would want to be criticized or belittled for what they didn't understand, if that's not an issue, they'll see their hesitation melt away after dating you just a few times. How special you make a woman feel is much more important. When a gal sees a smart and succuessful man taking the time to dote on a plain, everyday jane, like themselves, that eases development of feelings like confidence, security, and equality -- all those factor into their view of playing an integral part in the relationship.

So yes, women may be hesitant, but once their fears are proven false, their just fine with an intelligent man.

I just wonder why the reverse isn't as true.

Like vmw2008 said, it would depend on how the guy displayed it. Also, it depends on the girl individually and what they're looking for in a partner. For example, my friend is looking for an intelligent guy while I would MUCH prefer being the smarter one in the relationship. If you find someone who is attracted to intelligent men, I'm sure she would have no problem with your degree as long as you don't flaunt it. =)

It really would depend on how the guy displayed it. I consider myself a pretty intelligent person, and I'm going to med school to become a doctor. So as far as an education goes, I don't know many who would exceed me. But as for just being extremely intelligent, I prize a man that is smart. Who understands my humor and can have a good conversation with me. However, a guy like that would have to be careful about not flaunting it as you said. I would get very annoyed very fast if a guy was constantly correcting me about my speech, challenging everything I say, etc. Good debates are fun, but people that are geniuses sometimes have a problem with being too critical.

I would hope not. There's a different kind of intelligence that you can't measure by a piece of paper, and not everyone has the fortunate ability to graduate from college.

It is extremely hard to judge whether one person is absolutely more intelligent than others. That's because there are too many types of intelligent out there. Even if the two people that you compare are in the same profession, it still is not easy to distinguish because one can be superior to the other only in some aspects.

The other thing is, it is impossible for anyone to know everything there is to know in this world. I know a couple of people who think that they know everything but that does not mean that they do. In fact, one of those guys challenged me to stump him and guess what? I could easily do so with the specific things that I know. Does that means I am more intelligent than him? Absolutely not! There are things that I know for sure he knows much more than me.

The thing is, everyone has 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Whatever you do to fill that time will add to your knowledge and experience. If you spend all day watching Seinfeld re-runs, then, you will be more knowledgeable than many people on the topics of Seinfeld episodes.