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In general, do men think they are smarter than women, and if so, why?

This is a follow-up question to In general, is one sex smarter than the other?.
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tynamite
tynamite's avatar Yes. Most men think that men are smarter, but it's not clear how much more men think that, than the men that don't.

Yes and no. The answer is not clear cut. I believe that people start out thinking yes, and change their minds later on in life.

Not only do women posess more emotional intelligence, they also triumph over men in academic results. Not many people know this, so it's understandable why men would think the opposite, as most intelligent jobs such as scientists, lawyers and writers are taken by men. It's very easy to watch tv, and take away from that, that men are smart, and that women are dumb. This view doesn't come from a book, but it is a social pressure which is imprinted into our minds without us realising it. You can confirm this social pressure by asking boys who are 4 and 5 years old, then asking them where they got the information from. Men being smarter than women is one of the many social pressures that you can attribute on tv, that indoctrinate the minds of young people as young as 4 years old.

I believe that women don't have those intelligent jobs because their greater social intelligence ensures that they can get on in life without putting the hard work in. Below is a quote I said online somewhere else.

f I want to be a successful music producer, I have to use my intelligence and use skill to make beats, network by working with musicians and dj’s and put in the hard work, because I’m a man. All a woman would have to do to be in music circles, is to chat to such a person at a party or anywhere else.


If I want to be a successful magazine publisher, I have to use my intelligence and money to make the magazine, print it, and distribute it. If a woman wants to be a writer for a magazine, all she has to do is become friends with such a person in the industry.

It’s very easy for women to make friends with people and get on in life simply by being social. With men they have to use their intelligence to get on in life. Why else do women get good managorial jobs for doing very little work?

I’m not saying that men only let women chat to them because they want sex, but as women are more socially intelligent than men, it opens a lot of doors for them that men could never think to open. Women have a natural tendency to be at the right place at the right time, and they are very astute. That alone minus sex, allows them to be successful in life.
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