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Exactly, you Take the words right from my mouth👍

This is actually a different argument than saying "more intelligence is inherently better". I think that's something most women would say about men, but it doesn't really work the other way around.

For men, the correlary would probably be partner count. Women tend to want a man of similar or slightly-higher partner count. So, it's a compatibility factor, rather than an absolute good.

An absolute good for men would be income. More money is usually better.

An absolute good for women would be beauty. More beauty is usually better.

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Laeserin 1y ago

You have to go back to Aristotel's lesson on the male and female virtues and the lesser versus the greater.

Laeserin 1y ago

What I've found fascinating is that although most men don't think "more intelligence is better", female intelligence is not inherently unattractive.

If anything, some relatively unintelligent men covet highly intelligent women as potential wives. Perhaps some instinctive urge to improve their gene pool, or some socio-economic ambition. There's definitely more competition for intelligent women than unintelligent ones, and they tend to be more selective, so there's a bit of a trophy-effect to snagging one.