MarketWatch: Why Smart Women May Threaten Your Manhood

snowplough77 · 2016-01-16T18:22:59+00:00

Women are hypergamous. They want to marry men who are bigger, stronger, higher-status, a bit older, and a bit brighter than they are.

This is massively confirmed by statistics on actual marriages; only the “a bit brighter” part is even controversial, and most of that controversy is ideological posturing.

Men don't care about your accomplishments

Women who try to attract men by being successful are like men who try to attract women by being sweet or gentle. While being sweet won't necessarily ruin a man's chances with women (in some cases it will), neither will it draw her in. Likewise, although a woman's business or academic success won't usually turn a man off (in some cases it will), neither will it attract him. Both of these misconceptions are examples of the sexes projecting their own desires onto the other. It is women, not men, who find career success attractive, because it demonstrates drive, focus, strength, initiative - masculine qualities. Likewise it is men, not women, who find gentleness attractive, because it is a symptom of openness, receptiveness, nuturing ability - feminine qualities. I got bored when the girl I was dating talked about work in the same way that women get turned off when a man starts smothering them with flowers and gifts, or constantly apologizes unnesessarily.

This isn't to say that women shouldn't earn PhDs, or become CEOs, or generally strive to achieve traditionally masculine goals. Whether or not women "should" do something is a separate question entirely from what will happen if they do. There are plenty of reasons that a woman might want to win an award or get a promotion; I am merely pointing out that she would be foolish to do so in an attempt to attract men.

lostapwbm · 2016-01-16T18:01:45+00:00

How does a man know that a woman is smart?

Don't worry, she'll tell you. Repeatedly.

Lethn · 2016-01-16T22:07:55+00:00

This is just more of that insecure bullshit from feminists who winge about how men never want to date someone 'smart' and 'independent'. Would be nice if they stopped lecturing me how I think and feel for once when they're not even men.

I like a woman who's genuinely independent and smart, a lot, however being an arrogant bitch about it is a total turn off and that's the problem with a lot of women who use this angle to complain about men. Either that, or they're absolutely faking it to try and impress people.

Edit: I should also point out that I don't even really consider lack of independence or smartness a bad thing either, it's all just about preferences like with anything when choosing a partner, the main thing if you're a girl is just don't be a bitch.

ThePigmanAgain · 2016-01-16T23:13:59+00:00

"Why men are threatened by smart women"

"While men say they like the idea of dating a woman who’s smarter than they are..."

That's enough for me to know this is going to be a bullshit article, hence i refuse to read the rest.

Title	MarketWatch: Why Smart Women May Threaten Your Manhood
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