Category: Intelligence

Your Mr Faithful...

04-Mar-10 09:45

 

According to a new analysis of social trends in the Telegraph today, intelligent men are less likely to cheat on their wives because of evolution. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science found that men with higher IQ's place greater value on monogamy and sexual exclusivity in comparison to their less intelligent peers.

Apparently, the researchers couldn't find any evidence to suggest that the results are mirrored in women, which I'm not sure, is a positive result or not? Does this therefore mean that intelligent and less-intelligent women are equally capable of cheating or remaining faithful?

Personally, I don't see why our intelligence levels would have a reflection on how faithful we are to our partners. I think this is determined by our personalities and beliefs and most of all, our conscience. I think anyone is capable of deceit, whether they score high or low in the IQ test, as it is often provoked by methods of persuasion and temptation, which can only be controlled through self-discipline. This is not something that is decided by how brainy we are, surely?

What I would be interested to see is whether this changes with age, perhaps we are more loyal in a relationship once we've settled down with a mortgage or family, simply because we have more commitments and more at stake to lose? Whereas during our youth, we might be more inclined to experiment and explore all avenues prior to settling down with ‘the one'.

Donna

The fairer sex...?

25-Feb-10 10:29

 

I was rather impressed by an article which appeared in the Express today revealing that women are the smartest sex having proven their victory in a brainy battle of the sexes. Women apparently came out on top after participating in a worldwide five-month online game of Trivial Pursuit, in which millions of players had their general knowledge tested. The balance of power shifted a number of times, but women correctly answered a total of 4,088,139 questions in comparison to the men who answered 4,077,596 questions correctly, so there wasn't a huge in-balance there.

Apparently, the most questions were selected from the entertainment category, followed by science and nature, sports and leisure, history, arts and literature, geography and people and places. It is no surprise to me that the majority of the female participants picked the entertainment category, as it is generally an area that lies close to our hearts and is also something that we are constantly exposed to. Often, we find the latest entertainment gossip via the newspapers, chat magazines, on the web, on the box and also by word of mouth as most of us girls do like to talk, so we should be experts by now.

There is an ongoing debate that will probably continue for many years to come regarding who really is the smarter sex, and I don't honestly believe there is one, but I do feel quite proud to be female after reading today's article, so well done to the ladies!

Donna