Re: Brainy women face handicap in marriage stakes: British survey

[Paul Okami]

What an absurd interpretation of the data.  Everywhere in the world men want intelligent wives (see Buss, et al 1989)    What these people are ignoring is that when women get out of graduate school they are often in their mid-thirties, but when men get out of graduate school they are often in their mid-thirties.  That may be numerically equivalent, but it sure isn't equivalent in the currency of the mating market.   Paul Okami     ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher D. Green To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 9:30 AM Subject: Brainy women face handicap in marriage stakes: British survey Let the arguments begin! :-) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1548&u=/afp/20050102/lf_afp/afplifestylebritain_050102204340&printer=1 -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 fax: 416-736-5814 http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ============================ . News Home - Help Brainy women face handicap in marriage stakes: British survey Sun Jan 2, 3:43 PM ET LONDON (AFP) - A high IQ is a hindrance for women wanting to get married while it is an asset for men, according to a study by four British universities published in The Sunday Times newspaper. AFP/File Photo   The study found the likelihood of marriage increased by 35 percent for boys for each 16-point increase in IQ. But for girls, there is a 40-percent drop for each 16-point rise, according to the survey by the universities of Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The study is based on the IQs of 900 men and women between their 10th and 40th birthdays. "Women in their late 30s who have gone for careers after the first flush of university and who are among the brightest of their generation are finding that men are just not interesting enough," said psychologist and professor at Nottingham University Paul Brown in The Sunday Times. Claire Rayner, writer and broadcaster, said in the article that intelligent men often prefered a less brainy partner. "A chap with a high IQ is going to get a demanding job that is going to take up a lot of his energy and time. In many ways he wants a woman who is an old-fashioned wife and looks after the home, a copy of his mum in a way." Story Tools  Email Story   Post/Read Msgs (5874)   Formatted Story   Ratings: Would you recommend this story? Not at all 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Highly Copyright � 2004 Agence France Presse. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AFP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Agence France Presse. Copyright � 2005 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Questions or Comments Privacy Policy -Terms of Service - Copyright Policy - Ad Feedback --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]