Post by cjm on Oct 28, 2015 9:40:32 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3284378/Men-threatened-intelligence-Study-reveals-males-claim-attracted-women-cleverer-actually-meet-one.html
Men ARE threatened by intelligence: Study reveals males claim to be attracted to women who are cleverer than them... until they actually meet one
Men said they were more attracted to cleverer woman in research study
But later revealed physical presence 'diminished the man's masculinity'
Research conducted by American university psychologists on 105 men
By Caroline Garnar For Mailonline
Published: 11:03 GMT, 22 October 2015 | Updated: 13:11 GMT, 22 October 2015
Men rate women more intelligent than them as attractive - until they actually meet them, a study has revealed.
The research, which was conducted by university psychologists, initially found that men rated women who scored more highly on a test than them as more attractive than those who didn't.
But when they actually met the cleverer woman, their physical presence 'diminished the man's masculinity' and they were therefore less likely to ask her on a date
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