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* People with very high IQs (>130) may be more neurotic and prone to various mental disturbances/disorders that are generally deleterious in regards to achieving sexual success. A study on American members of the high-IQ society, Mensa (N = 3715), found evidence of much higher incidences of depression, anxiety disorders, and autism among those surveyed.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289616303324</ref> Matta et al. also found evidence of increased "social maladjustment" possibly mediated by sociocultural issues and lack of sufficient childhood support in intellectually gifted individuals (also Mensa members).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886918302563</ref> It's important to note Mensans may not be representative of very high IQ people in general, as the organization requires a yearly fee in exchange for membership. This may serve to attract people who join this organization to overcompensate for various flaws, by being able to boast of having scored high on an IQ test. | * People with very high IQs (>130) may be more neurotic and prone to various mental disturbances/disorders that are generally deleterious in regards to achieving sexual success. A study on American members of the high-IQ society, Mensa (N = 3715), found evidence of much higher incidences of depression, anxiety disorders, and autism among those surveyed.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289616303324</ref> Matta et al. also found evidence of increased "social maladjustment" possibly mediated by sociocultural issues and lack of sufficient childhood support in intellectually gifted individuals (also Mensa members).<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886918302563</ref> It's important to note Mensans may not be representative of very high IQ people in general, as the organization requires a yearly fee in exchange for membership. This may serve to attract people who join this organization to overcompensate for various flaws, by being able to boast of having scored high on an IQ test. | ||
A study done on the sexual attraction of intelligence itself, shows that an IQ of 120 (90th percentile) is the most sexually attractive IQ score, and no statistically significant gender differences were observed.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321640585</ref> There was a linear trend of the lower IQ below 120 the less attractive, and the higher IQ above 120, the less attractive. Based on the study's results. We now know that even though low IQ people are having more sex, they are not having sex with their ideal partners. This tells us that some more major reasons low IQ people have more sex are because of impulsive rule breaking, low self control, low mate standards, easy sexual arousal, having sex at every available opportunity, and thus assortatively mating with other low IQ people. Not because they want too, but because they can't help their impulses, like an obese person that wants to lose weight but can't stick to their diet. A common low IQ couple activity is having sex in the back of the classroom, during school, during the lesson.<ref>https://www.wfsb.com/news/students-face-charges-after-video-shows-them-having-sex-in/article_3adabd96-c5b9-11e8-bfe8-93cd1d661f85.html</ref> | |||
The sweet spot being way above the mean demonstrates that intelligence is still under positive [[Fisherian runaway#Intelligence|sexual selection]]. | |||
This is more evidence for [[assortative mating]] (people preferring people with similar traits to themselves) in terms of intelligence. This had lead to speculation that this assortative mating will lead to lower social mobility among the less intelligent,<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886913006399</ref> perhaps even leading to caste systems based on IQ forming.<ref>https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/class-caste-and-genes/</ref> However, some have said these claims have never been substantiated.{{citation needed}} | |||
A study conducted by Halpern et. al (2000) that used a total sample of N = 11,696 adolescents from two longitudinal surveys of adolescent health and sexual behavior, measured the IQs of participants using a simple and equivalent measure of IQ—The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Revised (PPVT–R)—which has a correlation of .64 with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, indicating that the test is a good measure of general intelligence. | A study conducted by Halpern et. al (2000) that used a total sample of N = 11,696 adolescents from two longitudinal surveys of adolescent health and sexual behavior, measured the IQs of participants using a simple and equivalent measure of IQ—The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Revised (PPVT–R)—which has a correlation of .64 with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, indicating that the test is a good measure of general intelligence. | ||