It seems to be in vogue these days to refer to any man who doesn't like a certain type of woman to be intimidated by her. I noticed of the options you offered we were offered either attracted or intimidated rather than say, attracted or not attracted. Ah well, a tangent...back to business.

My wife is the smartest woman I've ever met and I find that very attractive. I don't know any of the women you've listed above but there is one that comes to mind... lemme go look her up, brb...Maria Bartiromo of CNBC. Her genius shines through. I looked some of them up, McKellar for instance got published as an undergrad in a math journal - she has my vote. I have a degree in math and I know, you can count the number of undergrads that get published on one hand every year.

But I guess that's where I was going. After a generation of hyper-affirmative action and political correctness, women are being cast as smart, whether they are or not. Next time you watch a movie, pay attention to the commercials and see if every single commercial with a man and a woman interacting in it doesn't cast the woman as the smart one and the man as the idiot. I don't think it's fair to anyone. There are some really intelligent women out there that don't need the handout and when they do make it, it casts doubts on whether or not they were nudged up or whether they fully deserved it, you know? When you referred to McKellar as a 'math genius'...well, I doubted it. You were right and I happily sit corrected.

I will say this, for me, though true intelligence is hot, I am attracted to a more complete intelligence than is usually represented. Book smarts, street smarts, emotional intelligence...

Thanks for posting.