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This blog is about the relation between intelligence and sex. It is not a blog on sexuality but rather a blog on the eternal enigma that is: why geeks don't get chicks?

It is not intended to be scientific but pseudo-scientific or rather empiric and observation-dependent where the only observer is me. I will cite some studies but I highly doubt I'll remember any doctor's name or let alone university.

The observations or theories I will write will be vastly unverified and unequivocally vague and incomprehensible. Let it be known that this blog is not supposed to be taken seriously unless you wish it so. Also, I might do a lot of syntax, ortograph, grammatical and logical errors in my writing, the causality of those are explained by the fact I don't really care about writing efficiency because I, like Einstein, at a very young age, decided that language was way below my intellectual level(Allow me to boast about my intelligence because seriously, I'd exchange a few points of iq for more, let's say , sexual gratification) and that english is not my maternal language, but this last reason might not be a good one since in cegep, a level between college and high school here in quebec, I was in remedial level french(a class level that means you're in the left part of the bell curve) and advanced in english. So in english class I was with people with bilingual parents and I had to write a 600 word formal essay and in french, my maternal language, I was with a bunch of goofs and i needed to write a 500 word report, 250 words of which were only describing the plot and thus needed no intellectual effort. But anecdote aside, lets continue:

With the disclaimer out of the way we can go into the meat of the matter, which is sex. Or rather why intelligent people are less attractive. While I do not doubt that some girls like geeks, or that some men like intelligent women, what I am talking about is the fact that:

A: Intelligent people are less fertile. This is not bad genes however, it is the "you have less children thus you are less fertile" definition that wikipedia use in the fertility and intelligence article. It doesn't mean that intelligent people have less numerous or strong sperm, in fact, on a large scale(meaning not individual) there is a small correlation between intelligence and sperm quality and quantity. However, this isn't flattery. As we all know(ahem), male alpha gorrilas(aka greybacks) have a very low sperm count and a quite small organ. The fact is that since he is in the vast majority of cases the only male that can breed, his sperm doesn't need to be potent because he will end up breeding with every female he wants anyway because of his alpha status. On the other hand, bonobos, who have a limited but still existent social strata(compared to alpha-dominated groups like lions and gorrilas) breed all day with everyone(real hippies!) and have larger organs and very potent sperm since the competition for offspring is mostly a sperm war. I think we(humans) are in the middle of both examples, more like chimps. We don't breed all day but there are no alpha male who take every female either. It is more like more attractive males have a wider selection but not exclusive. Also, like chimps, we are more warlike, since bonobos resolve most conflict with sex when chimps do it with displays of power and aggression. Chimps are also a lot more prone to genocides and murders than bonobos.

B: Intelligent people have less sex. This isn't in wikipedia but I still read an article(or two) that describe that not only we have less chidlren, we also have less sex and less sexual partners. This is the most important reason why I write this blog: I want to find out why, how and what can we do to change it if it is really a problem.

Here are a number of explanations some people(citation? oh wait its not wikipedia) have came up with:
Intelligence is simply not sexy: This is the saddest explanation like EVER!!!! I mean this jacket is soooo last year!!!! But glitter and pleather are SOOO cute!! Omg <3. No, but really, it is sad if it is indeed true. There is this theory that people are attracted to averageness because people who aren't average are results of mutations which means they probably have mutations less visibles that inhibits health and overall fitness. It would be like a rule of thumb of evolution, the less unique a person is the less genetic "surprises" he has. This reason would be (litterally) dumb selection, since intelligence is correlated with income, survival, creativity(yes there is even a correlation with that) and even oppenness. It is proven that intelligent people are more liberal by 6 iq points. The 10 most intelligent states vote democrat and the 10 worst vote republican. It is fact.

Use of preservatives: While it is proven that intelligent people use preservatives more efficiently (from 11% failure rate for low iq women to 3% for high iq) and that intelligent people also use more abortions, preservative efficiency doesn't explain why we have less sex and less sexual partners overall!

Sparcity: Intelligent people are rare. Maybe they also are difficult and need intelligent sexual partners to have brainy sex together. This would mean that it is not the majority who discriminate intelligent people but intelligent people that discriminate, sexually, the majority.

Less promiscuous: Maybe intelligent people simply have lower libidos. They have higher needs than low instincts to satisfy, like understanding Quantum Mecanics and reading Lord of the rings. Or maybe they understand the longterm consequences of sex and fear commitment. Personnaly, I think intelligent people have equal libidos than other people.

Here are reasons I came up with and thus have no scientific merit. Honestly other people probably tought about it before me:
Intelligent people are less athletic: Athletic bodies are more attractive than sedentary bodies. Even people with very good genes would look better if they did sports. Maybe intelligent people have less interest in sports and thus look worse through the effects of lack of exercise. A counterargument(anecdotal) to that is a guy that was in my high school, he was the team captain of the basketball team and was more intelligent than most, he was a self-proclaimed communist who promoted a best life for all, and also he was good looking. He also had a ridiculously void sex-life. Don't jocks get the chicks? In this case apparently not.

Intelligent people try too hard in the dating scenes: Maybe intelligent people have an intelligent and logical approach to dating and relationships and are too intelligent for something that is deemed emotionnal and irrationnal like love. Maybe they try so hard to do a very witty comment in order to show off their intelligence they forget most people won't be impressed and by the time they'll have tought about this comment the discussion is already elsewhere. For instance, some intelligent children don't know they are intelligent, and since no one wants to say something stupid they talk only if they have intelligent things to say and probably other children will not understand it since they are on another level. In another words: they overestimate the capabilities of others and take pressure on themselves to be on the same level. Inevitably, they come off as weird or even slow because they spend so much time thinking and when they do finally talk they say something out of the blue that no one understands.

People are jealous: Maybe people, when in the presence of somebody with more brain power, have a jealousy reaction that leads to denial and ignoring behavior.

A combination of some or all the above reasons and some reasons I didnt think about: I hope not but it's probably the case.

Stay tuned for more rambling