Do you guys like girls who can outsmart you?

[MiraR]

Im just wondering if you guys like girls who are intellectually capable. Or do you think its intimidating if she's smarter than you are.

[Anonymous]

It isn't intimidating, I just don't care. Most people aren't honest when you ask, but as long as a woman isn't so stupid that she is a burden, most men couldn't care less. I am sure you could find plenty of intelligent, educated women that would back me up on it. Ugly girls with big brains aren't going to get any love.

Your looks, and wealth is what most men and women are primarily going to care about in a partner. Number one thing men and women look for in a partner, is looks. The second thing men and women look for is money. Strangely I have never once seen any study showing either gender was more attracted to people with an high IQ, despite what people claim all the time. I guess that is why women go for the quarterback over the captain of the chess team.

I know society says that men that don't claim they are more attracted to smart girls are somehow less manly or are insecure, but that simply isn't the case most of the time. The truth is people are a lot more shallow than we like to admit.

Until recently in human evolution, we never needed the kind of education we use today. Back then if you weren't smart enough you were a burden. Which is what men still want to avoid. If you were extra smart, it really didn't show. You still ate the same plants everyone else knew was safe, and avoided the same things everyone else knew was dangerous. That is a bit over simplified, but you get my point. We simply haven't evolved the ability to be attracted to an extremely intelligent person like we often claim to be. Maybe in the future a woman doing complex math in her head might get her partner excited, but as for now, it really doesn't matter. At best it is a small bonus to have a smart partner, but it really isn't a big deal.

[MiraR]

Im very attracted to men with intelligence, good looks only doesn't cut it for me. I want to be able to debate over a matter and discuss issues intellectually. For example when i ask a man about something, and he simply brushes it off because he doesn't really care about it, that really turns me off. He can't even give me his opinions on something, then im not really interested.

[Opinion Owner]

It sounds more like you are turned on by drama, and not intelligence. Which is why you enjoy debating (fighting) with your man.

[Rawrzz]

It's definitely intimidating if she's too much smarter. For me, I like to impress girls with my intelligence--it's like my only good trait--so, if she's smarter I feel like I can't impress her.

Personally, I would love a girl whom was around my intelligence level. Maybe a bit smarter, but not overly so.

So, it would be intimidating, but it wouldn't be a deal breaker. I love smart girls.

[Rawrzz]

Oh, and since there are so many different types of intelligence, chances are that they are smarter than me in some aspect. I'm specifically referring to things like memory or knowledge or ability to learn more quickly than me, along with logic.

[evellion]

Obviously I'm not a guy, but I prefer that whoever I'm with is at least as smart as me. Even better if they're smarter. I lose interest in a person really fast if I can't have an intelligent conversation with them.

[MiraR]

EXACTLY! If he cnt give any opinions on something i just go blerghhhhh go away.

[haha_ok]

I've noticed that many are intimidated by smarter women, yeah. Granted not all but a good amount.

[M_A_X]

Critical thinking skills are sexy as hell. I don't want a girl that would fall apart because she can't do something as simple as figure out how to hook up a TV (which sadly, seems to be a lot because they can get men to do it for them, but I digress). Hell yes smart girls are hot. Intelligence can potentially make you better at ANYTHING you decide to do. An intelligent girl with a strong moral integrity and a deep personality, and ideas that she's thought out far more than the average person would pretty much be my Cinderella

[MiraR]

'Your cinderella' haha thanks for sharing your opinion. But think about it. I personally dnt want to date a man i can outsmart i want an intelligent man , more intelligent than i am. If i find him 'dim' i wouldn't be dating him. So how does it work?

[Anonymous]

Intellectually capable, definitely. Being able to outsmart me? That would be tough to find. Not to say there aren't such people out there as I'm not the smartest person on earth or anything. More that it would be incredibly rare to find somebody that is both smarter than me to such a degree that she could outsmart me AND be my type of woman in other areas that I find important. Considering my strongest areas of intelligence are problem solving and spatial knowledge, I find it very rare that I get "outsmarted". That being said I have on numerous occasions met intelligent women that were well versed in subjects I knew little about, which I did find very attractive.

[icantwait]

I'm kinda with you there. I don't recall which areas exactly are my strengths its been a while since I looked at my wias results. Always something new to learn though

[Rawrzz]

Plus, most girls are ridiculously stupid. Well, in America, at least. Or maybe they just feign dumb because they think guys are into that. Though, they're around, I suppose, just nowhere near me.

[icantwait]

Yeah girls have admitted to me they play dumb sometimes. To get other people to do things for them usually...

[MiraR]

Yeah i play dumb too sometimes nt to get what i want, just to see his reaction, or sometimes i just dnt like tht person thts hw i get rid of him.

[icantwait]

Haha that all sounds about right!
Women are on equal terms with men as far as intelligence is concerned. How its used varies wildly. I find women are better at coaxing people into stuff using their wits though xD

[JustinX]

yes it is very intimidating... i like to impress girls with my intelligence cuz i have a nerd look... i may not be genius but i can say i'm quite intelligent... if i know that her IQ is better than me so i can't impress her with my intelligence cuz more likely she knows more than i am. i'm comfortable if she is around my intelligence level... but i don't like the dumb ones who are lazy to study and satisfied only to have a passing grade. Since the most intellectual girls are not interested to be friends with me so i think they are superior than me.

[JoeEDangerously]

I almost didn't answer this because it comes off as cocky and arrogant a lot of the time but the truth is I've never found one. I have a very high IQ and in fact I'm been declared a genius, which means top 1%. 145 I think is the minimum for that and I'm significantly above that. Like around 20 points over. I'm disabled and quite ill though so I can't use it to its full potential. But as long as she's smart, shares my beliefs and morality, and is sufficiently liberal it's good.

[Dirtydawg4424]

I think it depends on the subject at hand. Because I know some guys who hate when there proven wrong about sports they have to be the know it all the time. So if a woman out smart them they would probably kill them selves and I would love to see that. But when it comes to girly thing like cooking or cleaning I don't think that any guy would get upset about being proven wrong

[jeamsfranco]

My ideal partner would be as smart or smarter than me. There's nothing sexier than intellectual jousting.

[MiraR]

Bt i personally dnt wnt to date a man less intelligent than i am. Haha

[martyfellow]

Yes, we find those girls SO intriguing, actually, we can't forget them, even if we never get to know them very well.

And if we do get to know them, they're even MORE unforgettable!

[Anonymous]

I don't really care, to be honest. I like a girl to have enough sense in her head to not be a dimwit, but otherwise she can be as average or as intelligent as she wants. If she uses her smarts to "win" some competition against me that I don't even know we're playing, then she's just the same as a guy that would do that- a douchebag lol

[TheGamingOne]

I love to start a discussion about something we disagree on (without yelling or getting annoyed)

[MiraR]

Just an intellectual debate right?

[TheGamingOne]

Exactly, I don't mind if she can outsmart me
You can always win the discussion simply by Turing her words against herself :p

[koibito]

That'd be helpful. God knows I've made plenty of silly and irrational decisions in the past, I need someone I can trust to keep me level-minded. Plus, I love stimulating discussions and someone who I can respect.

[Anonymous]

Yes! I like being challenged with intellect because it makes strive to be better and it stimulates my mind. A girl that stimulate my mind, teach me new perspectives, broaden my horizons and challenge me constantly is worth her weight in gold as far as I'm concerned.

[udkme]

I'll be honest... I hate when anyone outsmarts me especially girls.

[MiraR]

I dont like being outsmarted either !

[p0rtis26]

Great if she is smart, but I would prefer to be smarter

[MiraR]

I prefer a man smarter than i am too!

[icantwait]

They can't, but they probably know things I don't. Which is nice cause I love learning

[chidude]

Honestly, it doesn't happen. I wish it did but most attractive girls use their attractiveness as a crutch in their lives and become weaker individuals because of it. Intellectually or personality wise most attractive girls are boring and predictable.

[Panzer103]

I am very smart and am always connoted by incompetence. I girl who can tell me smart things like I do for family... that is hot!

[AndyWes]

I don't know. I'm yet to meet a girl who was noticeably smarter than me. :D

[Editor]

I want to be outsmarted by her sometimes. I trust her.

[mario1321]

I love when a woman is intellectually compatiable, nothing beats the inside jokes

[Don0ne]

Woman resort to beauty to feel empowered. not smart. men use woman's beauty as a tool to manipulate them. smart