real men are feminists

[mellowtigger]

Hormonal compulsions drive much of our behavior, even those activities that we like to delude ourselves into believing is entirely rational.

In spite of the many obstacles that we face in life because of limited resources, we continue to compete as much against each other as we do against the harsh universe.  While competing against each other, we naturally try emphasize our unique personal strengths.  Athletic people compete to show off their physical agility, speed, and strength.  Intelligent people do the same, but they compete to display their mental agility, speed, and strength.  People of each group try to demonstrate their superiority, but the personal strength that they choose to emphasize will affect the nature of the demonstration.  So says a new theory by the scientific fundamentalist, anyway.

Intelligent people are more apt to display their superior intellect by exploring and adopting ideas that less nimble minds cannot grasp as easily.  Although the recent findings do not point to a huge IQ difference, merely 6-11 IQ points, they are intriguing results nevertheless.  For instance:

• "This [association with higher IQ score] applied also to sexual exclusivity in men, but not in women."
  
• "Participants who said they were atheists had an average IQ of 103 in adolescence, while adults who said they were religious averaged 97"
  
• "The study found that young adults who said they were "very conservative" had an average adolescent IQ of 95, whereas those who said they were "very liberal" averaged 106."
  
• "Vegetarianism, while not strongly associated with IQ in this study, has been shown to be related to intelligence in previous research, Kanazawa said"

- http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/26/liberals.atheists.sex.intelligence/

So intelligent men are more likely to demonstrate their mental prowess by being monogamous, atheist, vegetarian liberals as part of their continuing effort to prove the dominance of their brains over their bodies.  The humor of this contradiction (hormonal compulsion to prove freedom over mindless hormonal instinct) amuses me greatly.

Nevertheless... throw in some long hair and fuzzy face, and I want a man like that too!

Comments

[kauko.livejournal.com]

So intelligent men are more likely to demonstrate their mental prowess by being monogamous, atheist, vegetarian liberals

Well, I fit most of that list :)

:o)

[otterlover01.livejournal.com]

Me too, so NO problem! ;o)

Re: :o)

[mellowtigger]

While nearly everyone with whom I associate is a social liberal, I'm not sure that I know anybody (including myself) who fulfills all of those points. It does surprise me a little bit, though, that it makes a pretty good list of desirable attributes. It's no wonder that I get bored so quickly when listening to young gym bunnies at the bar. Wrong set of "display" behaviors for me.

[foeclan.livejournal.com]

If only meat weren't so tasty.

[mellowtigger]

It's their own fault for evolving into scrumptious morsels, eh? :)

Yeah, I make no apologies for being a species that evolved as omnivorous. I still have the teeth to prove my need for a varied diet. And my B12 troubles are further evidence. Still, though, I'm not in any hurry to scrap my ban on home use of meat. I break that rule once or twice a year. I'd hate to have to add more meat to address my health problems. I'm hoping that something else is ultimately the cause of my issues than just B12 resources. (I'm horrible about remembering to take pills so supplements are not a reliable strategy for me.)

[foeclan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have a couple of prescriptions I need to take daily, so I just toss a multivitamin in the dosing thingy.