I will absolutely concede that men are SUPREMELY fucked up when it comes to their notions of what they deserve, and what women want, and will do, because of porno and media.

That shit warps people’s minds to an unreasonable degree.

“Dating a clever woman opens you up to a world of hurt male pride, and constant reminders of your own woefully slow, Y-chromosome-impeded cognitive ability, Curtis explains. “Marrying a smart girl makes it worse.”

I find men are attracted to my intelligence, independence, strength, opinions, confidence etc, but the problems happen as the relationship matures. My challenging their misinformed opinions causes fights, and then my desire to dumb down to save the relationship kicks in until I realise I cannot live like this and end…

Straight male authors devote far less energy to considering the intelligence of their heroes’ female love interests; instead, they tend to emphasize visceral attraction and feelings.

The concept of masculinity needs a complete overhaul. If the majority of straight men weren’t so paranoid about appearing manly enough at every moment of the day, maybe they could get over themselves and have healthy relationships as equals.

My fiance and I are exactly the opposite from the norm. He really loves my intelligence and educational/business success. I love that he’s happy, really hot, and makes me laugh (though I guess that’s a stereotype.) I realized a long time ago that I was never going to meet my equal, or if I did, he wouldn’t want me…

I’m in an Amal & George type of relationship, and that last passage about the platonic life partners applies to us too. Plus we get to have sex with each other and could potentially procreate. It’s pretty fucking great! I was single for most of my 20s because I refused to compromise, and it was really lonely and I…

Yeah, he was lying. I’m guessing the true reason was because he was a loser and you were not.

Well, I’m happy for you, but your own life experience doesn’t necessarily translate to everyone else’s. Which, being smart enough, I thought would have been obvious to you.

You can have your cake and eat it too. Just keep aggressively shutting down sexist bullshit until you find a guy who’s into that.

My father did not often give direct advice, so when he did it made a strong impression on me. When I was 16, after hearing some standard sexist explanation of what I wanted in a partner, he told me not to settle for a woman who wasn’t my equal. He had obviously taken his own advice in marrying my mother, a strong and…

Sigh. Remind me again of who is supposed to be the “weaker sex”; the one that wants an equal partner or the one that wants an inferior partner?

I imagine he’s too dumb to recognize when a woman smarter than him was humoring him, because otherwise she’d have to deal with the defensiveness and butthurt that men put up when they feel even slightly “emasculated”.

The quality of the weekend trolls is really deteriorating, huh?

Right? All that talk of ‘alphas’ was laughable. If you’re a real alpha-type person why wouldn’t you want someone who challenges you? Isn’t that their thing? Being a go-getter and waking up before noon on Saturdays and all that exhausting shit?

That has me waxing nostalgic for the boyfriend who would make Hangover Omelets. Sigh. That was nice.

Go ahead, pat yourself on the back while telling us all how superior you are in every possible way. No, really, it’s okay!

I think George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin’s relationship is a business transaction. For those two, I think love had very little to do with it. Call it a hunch.

You’re clearly the wrong nerd, because my nerd life has been great.

You articulated my feelings exactly! I’ve dated men before who weren’t necessarily intimidated by my intellect, but they also couldn’t appreciate it as a crucial part of who I am. For me to truly open up to someone, they must be able to understand how I think, and value what I think about.