Men may prefer brains over boobs but when it comes to actually dating an
intelligent woman, they are more likely to run a mile.,a new study
claims after findings into what men find desirable in women.
According to research published in the November edition of ‘Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin’, men may claim to find a woman who is
smarter than them more attractive.But it seems they get cold feet at the
prospect of dating such a woman in real life.
The
study, was carried out at the University of Buffalo, California
Lutheran University and University of Texas, Austin, was split into two
parts.
The men were given an intelligence test and then told they were about
to meet a woman who had either performed better or worse than them.
The
men who were told they were to meet a woman who performed better than
them "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”, the study found.
The authors concluded
that “feelings of diminished masculinity accounted for men’s decreased
attraction toward women who outperformed them.”
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