Men Say They Want An Intelligent Woman But They Really Don’t

The findings of a new study suggests that men may state their preference for intelligent women only to change their minds when it’s time to date.

The study is coming out in the November edition of ‘Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin’ and it shows men are actively intimidated by the prospect of an intelligent partner.
Here’s how it went down. Participants were asked to complete a Math and English test and were then shown pictures of women said to have outperformed them on the tests.

The men said they found the idea of meeting such women as interesting and exciting. Then the men were actually introduced to woman whom researchers said did better on the same tests as the men.

Researchers say the men “distanced themselves more from her, tended to rate her as less attractive, and showed less desire to exchange contact information or plan a date with her."

According to a report in the U.K. Telegraph, the psychologists concluded the men felt threatened by the physical presence of a clever woman: "Feelings of diminished masculinity accounted for men’s decreased attraction toward women who outperformed them in the live interaction context."
The research contradicts the common belief that men seek out intelligence in prospective partners because it means they will have clever offspring. So fellas,  it’s easy to talk the intelligent

talk, but to walk the intelligent walk, not so much!