"Intimidated By Intelligence" Works Both Ways

In the neverending saga of the gender wars, a frequent refrain is that men are intimidated by intelligent women. I won't deny it; many men indeed are. But I should pause to mention that women are often just as intimidated by intelligent men. The past forty years of relentless feminist indoctrination, coupled with the equally relentless portrayal of men in movies and television, has led many women to take it as a given that 1) men are horny idiots, and 2) the only way a man could possibly be superior to a woman is by oppressing her. It must be comforting to hang around with a lustful lowbrow who fits this stereotype, since he is easily manipulated through his libido and his simplicity reinforces the woman's fierce conviction that she is superior. An intelligent man whose thoughts originate above the waist poses a serious threat to this rewarding and delusional existence.

Here is one case where equality manifests itself. Only a confident and secure man can enjoy the company of intelligent women, but only a confident and secure woman can enjoy the company of intelligent men.