I' currently a college student, and in high school I was in dual enrollment and taking more difficult courses, and graduated with over a 4.0. My boyfriend struggled to finish.
Now, I think he is very intelligent, he just strufgles in that area just like I struggle in other aspects. However, he has it in his head due to my academic preformance that I more intelligent than him, but he loves it.
For example, science is a subject I am vastly interested in, and everytime I read something intriguing I go on long ass rants to him. When I am done, he says "Babe, I have no clue what the fuck you just said, but I love your passion for it".
It can be if the man has no ambitions/goals to better himself in the future.
I have a negative opinion of non-STEM college degrees.
A degree means pretty much nothing to me, except that you spent a bunch of money on textbooks and classes to get information that exists for free online.
A person can be more worldly, knowledgeable, and wise by their own efforts more effectively than through academia, if they have the passion and/or discipline.
It's cool when girls know interesting things though, if that was your meaning.
Huh. . . Sounds like another educated woman is mad that she can't get a man while she is approaching 30 and needs to knock somebody down to make herself feel bigger.
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Its not intimidating, its just not a useful accomplishment from a mans perspective.
1. Many women like this look down on men with lesser education. Even if the men are more successful or intelligent.
2. You probably have debt. Education is not really id say a positive in how I judge someone to get in a relationship with, it just is, like your favorite color is red, ok. But debt is a big negative. I would rather a HS diploma girl with no debt, vs a Doctorate degree woman with $60k in debt any day of the week.
3. The state of education is very bad, higher education ruins many a woman with ideas of feminism crap and such.
4. Education =/= intelligence. I like intelligent women, education level is almost irrelevant.
So don't really see much value in a girl with tons of education, but if you sit down with me and talk all about your degrees and further studies and over achieving education nonsense I will just be like ok whatever, this is lame and boring and meaningless.
DO SOMETHING, DON'T READ ABOUT SOMETHING! That is what is cool and interesting and attractive.
Sometimes. Years ago I went on a date with a woman who does DNA research in a lab that is affiliated with a very prestigious university. I'm not a dummy but she was light years ahead of me in education. That wasn't exactly a turn off, but it was difficult to relate to her goals and ambitions. She was a sweet girl and had above average looks but I didn't feel any chemistry with her.
I have to admit, I am biased in this regard - my mind is one of my most powerful tools, so when I rarely meet women who are more intelligent than me (I have met 3 in my life so far), I feel like a fish out of water. Now, level of education doesn't really matter to me, intelligence does. You can have all the degrees in the world, if you are dumb, you are dumb. But intelligence vastly more than mine IS a turn-off. Not intimidating, but I wouldn't feel as confident beside her.
No, I'd like a woman that's smart enough to teach me stuff, but dumb enough that I can teach her stuff. My ex-fiancé was like that. I taught her a LOT of stuff about music, movies, t. v., comedy and other stuff, but she was a philosophy major working on her dissertation and taught me a lot of stuff in that era.
Don't really see it as relevant. It doesn't necessary mean she is smart or has a well paying job. But i must say, women seem to hold it up as some sort of amazing accomplishment that means she is smarter and better then anyone who does not and that gets annoying quick, especially when it's a useless degree and she has a crappy unrelated job.
Allie. there's nothing. ever. that intimidates a man.
Honestly. Its just that we absofcknlutely dont care about that. Yet, women thinks we do care AND so they higher their pole men have to jump, because of that. which is funny, but that doesn't make us care anythin more about that. im makin my phd, do i care if the other one has two phds or is she a waiter? no. qbsolutely not at all. bodycount, slimness, youth, loyalty, humour. that counts.
It really depends. If the woman always try to prove you wrong and show off her intelligence, it can be a turn off. Worst if the guy is insecure about their intelligence.
But they can be fun as it can lead to deep conversations that we can both enjoy.
To many it might be intimidating or a turn off but to me that's not the case. Plus I highly doubt that a woman would have a higher education degree than me as I will go for my Masters and PHD after I am done with my undergraduate course. The only thing that might be intimidating (not a turn off though) is if a woman earns more than me. I will make sure that doesn't happen lol.
No actually I am constantly learning. I am now taking a massage course that will put me on college education level. After that in September I am taking drawing classes, after that photography classes. So yeah I like to build skills. I love intelligent and educated women tbh, its a privilege to have convos with smart girls.
Not at all. I'll be getting a bachelor's degree (which I am content with anyway), so in order to have a higher level of education than me, she'd have to have a master's degree--which has really only got me seeing dollar signs if anything.
I love it as long as she doesn't turn it into a way to diminish me, that be bad. But if I can hold a conv with her, and I've had these kind of dates, I love it.
Interesting. I can't vote because im not a man. If you're attractive, men just overlooked your education level. They will still ask you out just to get to know you better.
It's a fucking turn on, I think it's hot in general when a girl has power over me, but her being smarter and more advanced than me, mental domination is hot as balls
I don't find it intimidating, because i'll have my doctorate complete in a couple years, but it's a turn off. I wouldn't want the girl I'm getting with to have more than me in that regard.
I wouldn't have a problem with it unless she did. Girls often want a guy with more accomplishments than them.
It's hard to find a woman who has a higher level of education or will have a higher level of education than me. But absolutely not. Probably has something to do with me being ambitious and wanting a smart ambitious woman.
Higher level of education doesn't mean anything. You prove yourself with actions, not a piece of paper.
Completely turn on to me nothing is better than an intelligent woman specially if she is smarter than me but not an ignorant she can add a lot to my life
It’s a turn on if she is highly educated. That being said there are very few people that can say they have more schooling than me. Haha!
I like it because there is a chance both of us will have a high paying job.
Not just me.
No. Higher education is worth crap these days anyway. It makes no difference to me if she has a 3 PhDs or high school diploma.
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