Sex Appeal: Study Shows Women Choose Brains Over Brawn

Lonely men ought to flaunt their copies of New Scientist. Women looking for both one-night stands and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dumb jocks, according to a new study of hundreds of university students.

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[prcleburne]

I know this is about what women find sexy, but I want to say that my wife is the sexiest woman in the world, and it starts at the top of her head and works its way down from there.

[kirkland]

Absolutely TRUE when it comes to SMART women. Conversely, most men are a tad nervous about very bright women. I fall in love with smart men. Only. I'm bored by and lack the ability to appreciate less developed men. I'd like to know where all the brilliant men are....so would a fair number of other bright women.

[onceler]

hehe, um, yeah, I guess that works in this weird lab setting or whatever. come to nyc, hang out in a bar on the LES or in Brooklyn. you won't see the girls going after 'smart'...ever...women are just as superficial and gross as men are.

[3fingerbrown]

The smartest guy on the island (the Professor), the youngest guy on the island (Gilligan), and the strongest guy on the island (the Skipper) had no sex lives at all. The only guy who slept with a woman every night was the richest, Mr. Howell. All I ever needed to know about how life really works I learned from "Gilligan's Island."

[illinoisan]

Is "likeliness" even a word? Try likelihood. Though I haven't found correcting womens' grammar a very effective mating strategy.

[Paul]

Off topic.

Could there be a Barak Obama running for President without a Steve Urkel?

[Girlforaction]

Personally I get hot when a person with intelligence speaks. I think a person who has looks is one thing but if they are smart and intelligent, they can get me really ...... (well I wont say it, its early in the morning).

[Tommygun264]

Yeah, right. And most women say they rank a sense of humor higher than physical appearance as well. That's why you see all the nerds and goofy guys getting laid and the muscle-bound dolts are always leaving the clubs alone at closing time.

[BlackJAC]

What do Brooke Shields, Michelle Pfeiffer, Amanda Peet, Rene Russo, Sharon Stone, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, and the woman who plays Pam on THE OFFICE have in common?

[lisakaz2]

Of course, this is NOT true of women. Too much brain even negates big ----s. Just ask me.

[OsamaBushLadin]

Well now I know why I get so much action.

[estevancarlos]

LIES! LIES!

[peterg76]

Now, why would you use "a quantitative test of verbal intelligence" to determine intelligence of university students and not their marks? I suspect they measured who were smooth talkers, which is completely independent of intelligence.

[peterg76]

Even Sarah Pailin can be a smooth talker on a good day.

[Tommygun264]

Something tells me that the brainy graduate student TA's compiled this data - the fix was in ;-).

[estevancarlos]

And trust me, they weren't getting laid.

[lisakaz2]

LOL. I'd like to meet him...

[Obama4Life]

To bad smart men (don't like the word nerd) prefer women of equal intellectual ability more often now. The dumb cheerleader type chicks don't do it for us, why settle for a dumb woman when you can get one with a brain and who is beautiful at the same time? That doesn't make sense. Smart men don't take some guys sloppy seconds, why? Doesn't make sense. Let the jocks stick with the cheerleader bim bo types in their trailers with their 10 kids after having multiple divorces. Let the cheerleader stay remain alone at 40 with her 10 cats because her shelf life is over because the dumb jocks left her for another younger bim bo to screw over. lol

Most jocks are republicans and most bimbos are also conservative (Just look at Sarah Palin) haha. Smart people stick with smart people, dumb people just fail.

[lisakaz2]

Sorry, but I don't believe it for a second. "Smart" is a relative term. Maybe you mean smart as in a B average somewhere. I have a PhD and couldn't buy a date. I stopped trying.

[pie8ter]

I take offense at the word "nerd". It conjures up the image of a guy with bucktooth, runny nose and a cap with a fan.