I can’t help but feel there’s some propaganda going on to influence women away from education/ financial success… in favour of being a dedicated wife to a less intelligent, low earning partner. Here’s the evidence & my response:

modernmedusaa · 2021-10-20T15:57:58+00:00

Why would a smart woman want to date down

There is too many risks for low reward:

Falling pregnant to a broke, insecure unstable man who could turn on her and would be hard to parent with & could lead to court battles / harassment ….or may get her into financial troubles by running up debts in her name (arguments over money are a leading factor for divorce, not to mention jails are filled with broke violent men)

Settling for a lesser man could therefore distract the woman from her business, goals and success for nothing but bullshit, humiliation and heartbreak in return. For a guy that’s not serious or sticking around. She could also destroy her mental health which would also impact her & her family.

Therefore staying single as a high IQ woman would be the preferred option as it is more attractive than settling for a lesser insecure man who could cheat or become violent / kill her.

A high iq successful woman could better spend that time travelling, focusing on herself or kids, managing a charity or business etc that has a much higher chance of payoff. And less risks.

A less intelligent lower earning man is not guaranteed to treat her better for taking sympathy on him. In fact a lot of times they bring the same bullshit but lean on the woman more and drain her resources and patience. They will often cheat out of insecurity or cockiness. Or become unbearably lazy

A less intelligent immature man would also be difficult to parent with as the woman would have to school him and he will grow resentful of this, even whilst enjoying her working harder than him. This is not a good environment for children either.

Men are rarely sympathetic to women in looks etc and often cheat even with partners who bring more value in every department than they do - they are the true goldiggas of everything. Energy diggers. Sex diggers. Status diggers. Soul diggers. Time diggers. Looks diggers. Patience diggers. Sympathy diggers. Attention diggers. Therapy diggers. Cooking diggers. Chore diggers. You name it, they dig.

Most time’s they hook women in by overstating their value & level of commitment. That’s not enough to keep a high value woman longterm. Those tricks can only light the spark so long before it goes dead & they resent you wasting their time. .

Men are rarely grateful even if they get a partner who surpasses them and low earning / less attractive men can get very controlling, jealous and volatile in relationships- high risk low chance of reward. Too many men lie or pull a bait and switch for it to be worth chancing.

Of course men are less fussy, there’s way more attractive kind women who understand basic respect though they do not have easy access to all these women. Men can still be discarded for not bringing enough to the table, lack of chemistry or making women’s lives more difficult than need be

It is substantially easier for a man to be seen as high value it’s just most don’t try because they’re too entitled and coddled

Instead of asking women to dumb themselves down to make them more docile servants to loser men - perhaps we should be reframing this as …why do so many men lack drive or the desire to improve? Why do do so many FAIL to satisfy women? Why do so many men feel entitled to smart loyal women when they don’t do shit and disrespect them? And where is the benefit to women dating down if most men are liars, don’t behave well in longterm relationships and cheat on partners they got lucky with?

This sub is a testament to the many shared accounts of women who dated down and doled out sympathy chances in the hopes for a lasting genuine relationship….only for the man to throw it back in their face ungrateful. Aka it wasn’t worth their while- the man made their life less fulfilling and more difficult than they were single. And his ego soared from dating them, at their expense.

Again men are so god damn entitled & self absorbed it completely flies over their head that we need strong INCENTIVE to be attached to them longterm, date a man below us or choose them over the rest of gazillions of men trying to get a shot.

XNjunEar · 2021-10-20T15:51:34+00:00

They say single like it's a bad thing....

Back in the 1950's after the war ended, the same thing happened; propaganda to convince women that staying at home and being housewifes was the non plus ultra of accomplishments and the road to happiness. Many fell prey to this, and many ended up with depressions, affairs, and a lot of unhappiness.

It would be really sad if that happened again. I do hope more women raise their daughters to not put up with bullshit. So what if you stay single? If there are not enough quality men to marry, being single and having to spend all your cash on yourself is not a terrible option, ffs.

YesMaaam20 · 2021-10-20T15:46:02+00:00

A high IQ is a “hindrance” lmaooo they want us to be bimbos 🤡

CrazyPaine · 2021-10-20T17:01:00+00:00

I remember I was listening to a podcast and she had a term for it.

You don't fuck down, you fuck up.

FDS-MAGICA · 2021-10-20T17:10:01+00:00

It's no coincidence that women used to be forbidden from education, and still are in some backwards parts of the world. Men know that if women get smarter, they won't be the docile beasts of burden that they want.

all_or_nothing_bet · 2021-10-20T15:53:15+00:00

Also, When women earn more than their male partners, domestic violence risk goes up 35 per cent

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/when-women-earn-more-than-their-male-partners-domestic-violence-risk-goes-up-35-per-cent-20210329-p57ewb.html

anadreamy2 · 2021-10-20T16:09:44+00:00

Society is always trying to convince us to lower our standards and give way opportunities that are going to add value and positive outcomes to our lives to be in a relationship with someone that is just going to make us stressed and unhappy or even in worst cases that will make our lives into hell. If more and more women could just enter relationships and get married without having to endure shitty behavior and any kind of abuse then probably we would be less likely to be single but most of the time all the stress and trauma is just not worth it at all.

AAlegend8 · 2021-10-20T15:55:58+00:00

It’s hard to force feed misogynistic propaganda to intelligent women for long without us eventually questioning it. That’s why we are all here.

Also: good work modernmedussa. I should just follow you already lol

Buttercup5555 · 2021-10-20T16:26:14+00:00

Omg that was one of the first videos by jordan peterson i saw before i even knew what a dangerous clown he was. His main spiel for women is you better get married before 30 and preferably not have too much education cause otherwise you'll "never find someone". First of all lol don't threaten me with good time. Secondly, fuck you for fearmongering and panic pushing young vulnerable inexperienced women into dangerous situations physically, mentally, emotionally, financially. Gtfo

ETA: the sample is not big but out of all of my girlfriends who put a halt on their education and career for some less educated less earning guy are NOT happy. Not even close. And they have so much more potential than slaving away for free for some undeveloped manchild.

Vaahla · 2021-10-20T17:48:17+00:00

Single women are also happier and live longer.

Wonder why??

CountingDownTheDays5 · 2021-10-20T17:54:07+00:00

I never forget when I was young there was a huge new special about how more intelligent and smart a black woman was the more likely she was to be childless and single. When I was young I feared that, now that I am older I rather have it. Singehood is so beautiful.

KindredMaximus · 2021-10-20T16:45:25+00:00

I was curious to see if Elite Daily was affiliated with Elite Singles and may have published this to gain more women on their OLD platform. But they weren't. Instead I found one of the reasons that many young women today are so confused because what the world tells them women should be. Women have MEN telling them who they should be both overtly and covertly.

Elite Daily

Elite Daily is the ultimate digital destination for millennial women who are discovering the world, and themselves in the process. Elite Daily is an American online news platform founded by David Arabov, Jonathon Francis, and Gerard Adams.

News Snippet: In July 2013, it was discovered that many of Elite Daily's writers were using fake names and profile photos that were actually of unrelated models.[10] In a September 2013 interview with TechCrunch, founder David Arabov revealed that he publishes all of his articles under the pseudonym "Preston Waters. In July 2015, Gawker writer Kate Knibbs discovered that her name was appearing in the byline of Elite Daily articles she had not written.

I wonder how far out from the original article these headlines are. I subscribe to a journal in my field and every week, part of their news is a section on what the headline and online reporting said and what the research article actually said. They are usually very far apart.

samedinuitmort · 2021-10-20T16:21:13+00:00

The pool of lovely women is much bigger than the pool of wonderful men…

That means that many lovely women would end up paired up with terrible men.

If they’re smart, they will prefer singleness to being with a terrible man.

Terrible men know also that it’s much harder to get away with being terrible to a smart woman. And plenty of uneducated or less intelligent women are still very lovely and worthy partners - their lack of smarts is mostly a detriment to themselves and their ability to protect from terrible men.

That works to terrible men’s benefit. Terrible men are insecure and fragile, so being able to feel superior (with a simpler woman) and more capable helps their fragile ego and allows them to control the woman. They exploit lovely but uneducated women, who have a harder time escaping.

Being single sometimes just means you are not an easy target for abuse, as a large percentage of relationships are abusive.

Remember: Most women are raped, hurt and abused by their own partner. According to this report by the U.S. Department of Justice, 64% of women who reported being raped, assaulted and/or stalked since age 18 were victimized by a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, boyfriend, or date.

Being single sometimes is simply being safe.

dancedancedance7 · 2021-10-20T16:22:11+00:00

So smarter women demand better options? Makes sense.

Carneliancat · 2021-10-20T17:07:07+00:00

What they want to come off as a warning sounds far more like an endorsement to me. Intelligence is protection against men, is what I see in these headlines, and I can't seem to find an issue with that.

Middle_Ad2224 · 2021-10-20T19:57:28+00:00

“Why smart women are more likely to be single”

The men are roasting themselves now

herbivorouscarnivore · 2021-10-20T18:11:47+00:00

I read something saying that college/university applications and enrollment of men is at a record low. Maybe the news is trying to trick women into reducing themselves.

Never make yourself small to try to uplift someone else!

avocadobarbie · 2021-10-20T18:09:16+00:00

This is not the flex they think it is 🤣🤣 that shit should embarrass them. Like all of a sudden it isn’t a known fact of life that intelligent or more educated people tend to make better choices than less educated and intelligent people. Fucking duh 😂😂😂 obviously being single is the smartest option lol

LogisticalConundrum · 2021-10-20T16:51:38+00:00

This is propaganda against average intelligence women to diminish themselves and not pursue educational attainment, which is super sad and insidious.

High IQ ladies are well aware of the drawbacks of IQ in dating but you can't exactly make yourself dumber just like you can't make yourself grow 5 inches by wishing.

ConfusedBisexual1992 · 2021-10-20T17:48:35+00:00

I’d rather be single than lower my standards 🤷🏻‍♀️ I have them for a reason.

preppykat3 · 2021-10-20T19:53:45+00:00

I’ll take 40 cats over a useless scrote who’s threatened by my intelligence any day.

lemoncreamdream · 2021-10-20T17:40:42+00:00

A family member of mine ended up with a ZVM and had him leech off her for years. She never made a lot of money but after she gave birth to their child he never worked. At all. And when they broke up he started to demand that he gets custody. Why? Because he wanted her to pay child support. And this man never had a steady job, he couldn't even pay for his own damn groceries, he couldnt even treat himself to a snickers bar THATS how broke he was. In the end the courts found he was not a reliable parent and gave her custody and asked him to pay child support that was less than what he asked her to pay. He never paid. He would harass her for money and scream at her if she said no. She could barely make ends meet and everytime she upped her game there he was, asking for a handout. She ended up only dating LVM after that and it was always the same shit.

Ladies don't stress being single, keep your standards high and only go with HVM. This shit will haunt you if don't value yourself. Get qualified, get paid and don't let anyone disrespect you.

Jaelismyhomegirl · 2021-10-20T19:37:43+00:00

So the smarter a woman is, the more likely she is to be single….

I don’t think that’s the dig against smart women that they think it is.

Competitive_Ladder94 · 2021-10-20T17:48:58+00:00

Umm so the smarter you are the less likely you are to choose to get married to a man .... seems logical

miwamus · 2021-10-20T17:44:23+00:00

Reads like propaganda.

WestAtmosphere · 2021-10-21T00:33:41+00:00

I think society is realizing that having a bunch of single and uneducated men is dangerous. The men provide nothing - and I'm not just talking about economic support for a woman to settle down. Men seem to be lacking the ability to form bonds with women.

Finally women are deciding they won't be settling for the scraps, deciding early on they are going to be highly educated and go for the most as possible within their own life because men aren't going to provide that at all.

Honestly I find a lot of it sort of hilarious how it get's all projected as the woman's fault. I thought men were stronger than women? Oops

thowawaywookie · 2021-10-20T17:36:57+00:00

It makes sense. More worker bees are needed.

Zomodee · 2021-10-20T19:38:32+00:00

As a single, high IQ woman, these articles are very validating, actually.

WorkaholicParty · 2021-10-20T17:32:01+00:00

Patriarchy is seeing all of these articles and instead of focusing on men's suspicious hatred for smart women, this info is used to convince women to dumb themselves down. It's exactly what Jordan Peterson did, men are in a crisis and they need women to be attacked to find a resolution.

frohb · 2021-10-20T18:40:21+00:00

Not sure if anyone watches reality TV here or not, but I recently got sucked in to "I Love A Mama's Boy" and I couldn't help but think that this show should be required viewing for FDS. Just so many LVM's dragging down their partners and the women trying so desperately to get these men to grow up and take responsibility for their lives. The show really is a poster child for how women are socialized to expect the least from their male partners in relationships.

Ok_Feeling_7702 · 2021-10-20T19:52:08+00:00

Really why do these headlines assume causality. If research shows that smart women are less likely to be married - that’s a correlation. The cause could be that smart women are less likely to seek out marriage.

23eggz · 2021-10-20T23:19:10+00:00

If being smarter makes women less interested in men, then what does that have to say about men hmmmmmm feels a bit like a self burn lol

FI-REfox · 2021-10-21T02:01:52+00:00

lolololol, talk about putting the cart before the horse.

YOU HAVE CONFUSED CAUSE AND EFFECT, SIRS.

queeninprogress · 2021-10-21T00:05:14+00:00

Oh. I was taking it as a compliment and a sign that I'm doing the right thing 😇

ms_monquis · 2021-10-21T15:18:28+00:00

Here's my experience:

[Smart] women look for compatible partners who are emotionally, intellectually, and professionally on par with them, because we see our partners as human beings and integral parts of our lifestyles.

Men — and therefore by default the dominant society — are less concerned with the details of a woman's emotions, intellect, or profession because she is an accessory to their lifestyles.

"What can we do together?" vs "What can you do for me?"

haggis_rising · 2021-10-20T17:12:03+00:00

Maybe staying single is part of why she's smart?

BedazzledSwashbuckle · 2021-10-20T21:28:13+00:00

You're right.

Ultimately, we will have gender equality when women have half the money.

Think about it: all the things you want your Prince Charming for ... a good life, travel, great friends, beautiful home, good school for your kids, a body that doesn't age quickly ....

How many of those things are just money? (Hint: all of them that aren't emotional intimacy.)

Money will keep you safe. Money will keep you mobile. Money will get you the education and the travel and the wonderful home and school for your kids. Money will get you the healthcare and the anti-aging treatments. Money will open the doors to the events and people and *autonomy* ....

Most of us think we need a man for these things. We don't, actually. Just money.

As long as men can wedge their p@niiiii between us and a livable-wage-with-just-our-name-on-it, we will *never* be free. We will never be equal.

Money is portable freedom. If you're a feminist, it's everything and will get you to equality faster than any other single thing on this planet. Of course it's the first thing these cl0wns try to convince you to give up.

quasarbar · 2021-10-20T19:05:19+00:00

I would guess that the smarter a woman is, the less likely she is to put up with bullshit from men.

BasieSkanks · 2021-10-20T20:40:36+00:00

I would much rather be single than be with a scrote who feels intimidated by my intellect and success. There is ZERO benefit to women dating men who are beneath them in any way. All these scrotes will do is try to bring you down ten pegs so they can feel like you are on their level. I was better than my first boyfriend in almost every single way: I had a better job, better prospects, better education. What did he do? Feel insecure about his shitty life and became emotionally and verbally abusive to make me believe that my life was just as shitty as his.

kinkardine · 2021-10-21T08:57:10+00:00

My heart breaks at this kind of reality, I am speaking on behalf of the other side, the housewives; even within my aunts and cousins, growing up I saw they bring such dedication, hard work and integrity in whatever they do, but they are kept away from the economy to serve their stupid low value husband who feels so entitled to all of her hard work and in return breaks her backbone and heart in every way possible. I think of the array of values and growth she could have brought if she joined an organization, it’s the economy is suffering keeping away this integrity from the workforce to favour some deluded entitlement.

IgetUsernameScraps · 2021-10-20T22:16:18+00:00

“Ladies, the smarter you are, the more likely you are to be single.”

They say that like it’s a bad thing. 😂 That author is almost self-aware.

And nice little bit of casual misogyny by cnbc there. Good to know. 😒

VanessaViews · 2021-10-20T22:20:24+00:00

Lol at "why smart women are more likely to be single". Because they are smart so they are DECIDING to stay single that's all it is.

meva535 · 2021-10-20T19:45:21+00:00

I have a fairly high IQ and never married. Best decision I ever made.

Peak_Tree · 2021-10-20T21:56:56+00:00

Imagine men as a class announcing to the world that they want their partners/the mothers of their children to be as vulnerable and dependant on them as possible or they are not interested and thinking it is a flex.

esthermaniii · 2021-10-20T20:28:13+00:00

Smart & single >> dumbing myself down for a terrible man

Muffcakelord · 2021-10-20T20:59:05+00:00

At first i didn't understand what you meant at all.

Then i remembered that "regular people " consider single to be a bad word lmfao

wet-plants · 2021-10-21T08:25:47+00:00

Lol honestly if anything, these types of headlines only serve to reinforce me that I am single/having trouble finding a good partner because I am intelligent, and the pool of men who can reach my level or not feel intimidated, is smaller. I feel no need to dumb myself down for that. If anything I think once I do find a partner he will be so much better than the LV some women settle for.

Sekina7 · 2021-10-20T20:25:03+00:00

Excellent post as usual!

bknhs · 2021-10-20T23:05:47+00:00

Higher IQ individuals generally have fewer romantic prospects because they need a person with a comparable IQ and they are too smart to date down. Typically men are insecure and threatened by women that are smarter than they are. Personally, I’d rather be alone than with someone that I don’t find intellectually stimulating.

Smurfette_Syndrome · 2021-10-21T00:45:53+00:00

Articles like this are often written by women.

Many women who have settled don't like the idea of other women knowing their own worth.

Our successes in dating make them insecure.

Past-Friendship777 · 2021-10-21T01:47:18+00:00

I dated down because I was afraid of being seen as 'stuck up' or 'superficial' if I rejected LVM. Now I realise that it's perfectly reasonable for me as an attractive, intelligent, educated woman to want an attractive, intelligent, educated man. Its not really about income for me, it's about coming home at the end of the day and having an interesting conversation. I'd come home and tell my ex about all the cool techniques I'd learned at uni that day, then he'd grunt about how he shovelled shit into a wheelbarrow, wheeled it to the other end of the construction site the shovelled the shit back out again. Made me want to slam my head against a wall.

Men like this tend to put you on a pedestal at first. They know you are out of their league, their friends all wonder 'how did HE get a girl like HER?' and they love it because its a status symbol. But after a while it damages their confidence. Every time you have a success, he gets all upset because he feels inferior in comparison. Then instead of celebrating your success you end up coddling the fragile ego to make them feel better and almost feel bad about doing well yourself. Rather than bettering themselves its easier just to drag you down to their level.

I realised my pick-me ways when discussing this with my psych. She said 'you liked that because it meant he would never leave you'. Which was so true, guys like this are easy to get and easy to keep because they know they'll never get anyone better.

A big part of my vetting is seeing how guys react when I tell them what I do (in science). So many patronising responses like 'oooh, aren't you a smart cookie?!' or 'wow, beautiful AND intelligent ;)' like they are surprised I have a brain? Fuck off, I'm surprised you have a brain, but you were able to type that stupid fucking message so you must have at least a couple of neurons the rub together.

I genuinely love what I do. You ask people what their dream job is, what they wanted to be when they were kids, what they would do if they won the lottery or if money wasn't an issue. My answer is EXACTLY what I'm doing now. I don't think many people can say that. If I never get married or have children I'd be a bit sad, but I could live with it. What I could never live with is missing out on all these opportunities I've had because I'm stuck at home taking care of my family, or working in a shitty job I hate just to get by. Thats why I decided in my late teens to prioritise my education and career and I'm so glad I did!

Platipus6 · 2021-10-20T21:50:24+00:00

Most women are wasted as bangmaids for mediocre men.

IllustratorBig807 · 2021-10-20T21:18:21+00:00

It is simple: the smarter the woman, the more aware she is of the BS men throw at her and she chooses not to tolerate it. There was a study that people with high IQ generally dont like risky endeavors because they are more cautious and risk-averse. Also, the costs of having a family are higher for a woman than for a man.

Example: during the pandemic many pregnant women were made to go to the office in the UK. Some of them left their jobs so they dont contract covid. Their men were not made to go to the office because the employer had more trust in men than in pregnant women or married women with children. According to employers, women with children are less likely to do their job better because the have to look after family and chores. It is pure gender discrimination and the pandemic showed how misogynistic the world still is, even if the media claims the opposite. Women are shamed for wanting to be single and work on themselves, while men can choose to marry older like after they become 50 years old and still keep their reputation. It is double standards that dont make sense: first they state women are equal to men but they have to have children otherwise sth is wrong with them.

Like your intelligence doesnt matter if you dont have a man to make you a baby. A woman's worth in the patriarchy is priced by how many children she has and if they are male the better job she has done. It is disgusting on every level to burden women with all the responsibilities you can think of in life while for a man it is enough to have a stable job for him to be seen as successful. Every country needs new generation of workers and taxpayers, so women are the ones who should carry the load just because they dont complain and tolerate it.

There was a saying by a famous woman (forgot her name) : 'what we do wrong is to raise girls as boys and boys are raised as girls'. What it means is that girls are burdened by the heavy load that boys should learn to carry. Instead we have a society that pampers boys, satisfies their every need without them lifting a finger and the result is grown entitled men who bail on women at the slightest hardship. Basically, everything is backwards and women are left with loads of LVM who make their life harder. Doesnt matter if the man smart or not, he can still be LVM or NVM.

How do smart women solve the problem? Well, they just decide not to get involved with them and choose to have a happier calmer life until the right partner comes along who proves to be at their level consistently and who doesnt need a woman to look after him. Instead he is always there when life throws hardships and doesnt bail at the slightest problem. There are men like that who still exist just it is harder to find them due to the times we live in. The truth is always there and it is harder to lie to s.o. who can see through the mask. That is why education and critical thinking is important and why women should look after themselves first. Sometimes our life depends on it.

lylithian · 2021-10-20T23:01:35+00:00

It's hilarious cause with just reading the headline, I thought they mean it as a compliment/positive thing. As in, smart women chooses to be single (and since they're smart, there must be a reason why, i.e. the dating market is full of LVM), instead of women who have a hard time dating because they are too smart. What a joke! I'd take that inner peaceful misery-free single life over staying in a shitty relationship just for the sake of it anyday.

Tzarzarina · 2021-10-21T02:14:47+00:00

I don’t see why this is a problem. Generally speaking, women with a higher IQ, education, and a career don’t need to stay in toxic relationships due to financial and social constraints.

Why don’t they publish some useful statistics like how women’s IQ affects relationship and overall life satisfaction.

This is the same asinine trope as the divorce rate panic when really all it means is women are getting free!

callingoutthelies-1 · 2021-10-21T10:52:17+00:00

After being in relationships and married to less intelligent low earning men I can assure women that these men are not gratefull for a higher intelligent, hard working, and/or even more attractive woman, they are instead vindictive to such a woman and vengefull to her for being better than them, and bringing more value. It's all wasted on this type of man. They are also typically paranoid of a woman's intelligence for fear of what she can 'figure out' due to his own inclinations to be calculating and manipulative. Due to their insecurity about being with a HVW they can't come to terms that such a woman would want them or be loyal to them, so your loyalty and genuine intentions will be smeared over their delusional perceptions that you must have alterior motives. Oh, and no honesty from them about what they are imagining with that because they haven't got the guts to admit to the paranormal freak show going on in their minds.

Kazeena · 2021-10-21T13:39:48+00:00

What's so bad about being single, I wonder? Not being a man's crutch? Oh nooo /s

sittingstillisfun · 2021-10-21T13:43:29+00:00

All these media outlets try to make it sound like it’s a bad thing if women refuse to marry beneath themselves. Blows my fucking mind.

Presence-South · 2021-10-21T13:47:05+00:00

My first time posting here, but wanted to also add...smarter women can also be more selective. They are choosing to be single instead of being tied to a vapid leech.

What also really bugs me is how we villianize/demonize single women. Because as we all know, it's a universal truth that every woman is in want of a man - or a relationship - or a partner. So a single woman who can't land a husband is clearly lacking rolling my eyes

Being a smart, independent person is a threat to our social construct and I'm here for it

OutlandishnessOk · 2021-10-21T19:57:15+00:00

As a high IQ woman, I haven't been able to find a man to have a fulfilling conversation with in a while. Even the rich, successful, kind men I know don't read or have any need for intellectual stimulation. They're good listeners at best and usually don't even like discussing movies. It's weird and I wonder how this happened all the time.

improbablysohigh · 2021-10-22T06:23:49+00:00

Nuclear family is a fucking SCAM

spice-pop · 2021-10-22T11:05:50+00:00

I am 34, have a PhD in a specialized STEM field and recently ended it with a long term partner that could not step up, no matter how many times he said he would. I didn't even ask for much from him. I couldn't take it anymore, so I found my dream job in another country and now living the exact life I've always wanted. I am not dragging anyone along anymore. I date around for some fun and to get out, but I'm not at all interested in any relationships. What for? Life is so sweet right now. It would take someone exceptional for me to let them into this cozy, happy life of mine.

Traumarama79 · 2021-10-22T16:43:17+00:00

I'm not going to entertain the second two articles because they're obvious clickbait. We're better than dumbing ourselves down for LVM who are so insecure about their own IQ that they go out of their way to find smart women and then ask them to dumb it down. I think the first article has merit as a conversation starter. What are some red flags to look out for, wrt men who are insecure about their intelligence and make it a HVW's problem?

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