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==IQ and sexual success== | ==IQ and sexual success== | ||
Intelligent people, especially at universities, tend to have less sex. A German study suggested academics are at least twice as often incels as other groups (see [[Demographics#Germany|demographics]]). A survey about students from MIT suggested incel rates vary considerably between different fields of study, being the highest for biology and the hard sciences, and lowest in humanities and art.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050527112706/http://counterpoint.mit.edu/archives/Counterpoint_V21_I3_2001_Nov.pdf</ref> It is not entirely clear why this is the case, despite the numerous objective advantages of hi IQ, however many factors are conceivable: | Intelligent people, especially at universities, tend to have less sex. A German study suggested academics are at least twice as often incels as other groups (see [[Demographics#Germany|demographics]]). A survey about students from MIT suggested incel rates vary considerably between different fields of study, being the highest for biology and the hard sciences, and lowest in humanities and art.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050527112706/http://counterpoint.mit.edu/archives/Counterpoint_V21_I3_2001_Nov.pdf</ref> It is not entirely clear why this is the case, despite the numerous objective advantages of hi IQ, however many factors are conceivable: | ||
* Intelligent people may be better at following rules, and thus not have sex on the job, or on school grounds or in public, thus losing out on opportunities for sex. Prison inmates with higher IQ's are more well behaved.<ref>https://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/1-17541_Study-Prison-Inmate-Intelligence-Influences-Miscon_article-wide.html</ref> Hi IQ people have fewer conduct problems in school <ref>http://www.lscp.net/persons/ramus/docs/INTELL18B.pdf</ref> and higher job performance as well.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics)</ref> A study of the criminal histories of 465 adults from around the world with an average IQ of 149, compared their self-reported crime rates to a control group of people with normal IQ scores. The hi IQ criminals had no sign of dysfunction in regular society, and the criminals claimed their crimes were simply a byproduct of adhering to a personally developed set of rules for behavior different than mainstream society's.<ref>https://qz.com/923648/why-do-highly-intelligent-people-commit-crimes/</ref> | * '''Conscientiousness''': Intelligent people may be better at following rules, and thus not have sex on the job, or on school grounds or in public, thus losing out on opportunities for sex. Prison inmates with higher IQ's are more well behaved.<ref>https://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/1-17541_Study-Prison-Inmate-Intelligence-Influences-Miscon_article-wide.html</ref> Hi IQ people have fewer conduct problems in school <ref>http://www.lscp.net/persons/ramus/docs/INTELL18B.pdf</ref> and higher job performance as well.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics)</ref> A study of the criminal histories of 465 adults from around the world with an average IQ of 149, compared their self-reported crime rates to a control group of people with normal IQ scores. The hi IQ criminals had no sign of dysfunction in regular society, and the criminals claimed their crimes were simply a byproduct of adhering to a personally developed set of rules for behavior different than mainstream society's.<ref>https://qz.com/923648/why-do-highly-intelligent-people-commit-crimes/</ref> | ||
* Modern highly specialized high IQ behavior may be less attractive being evolutionary novel, unrelated to communal life (mismatch hypothesis) and unrelatable and unrelated to naturally attractive behaviors like dancing, singing, humor and demonstration of physical strength. | * '''Alienation/mismatch of high IQ tasks''': Modern highly specialized high IQ behavior may be less attractive being evolutionary novel, unrelated to communal life (mismatch hypothesis) and unrelatable and unrelated to naturally attractive behaviors like dancing, singing, humor and demonstration of physical strength. | ||
* Prevalence of [[feminism]] shaming male academics to be impotent [[nice guy|nice guys]] | * '''Feminism''': Prevalence of [[feminism]] shaming male academics to be impotent [[nice guy|nice guys]]. Harder fields of study may be less normative, more evolutionary novel, which might have an alienating effect [[mismatch hypothesis]], reducing social and hence sexual success. | ||
* Educated [[foid|foids]] being reluctant to date less educated men unless they earn substantially more (see [[hypergamy]]) | * '''Hypergamy''': Educated [[foid|foids]] being reluctant to date less educated men unless they earn substantially more (see [[hypergamy]]) | ||
* Environmentalism making academic men less attractive to women as they are not as materialistic. Also serving to generate overall pessimism | * '''Environmentalism''': Environmentalism making academic men less attractive to women as they are not as materialistic. Also serving to generate overall pessimism | ||
* Harder fields of study may have higher incel rates as they are more time consuming | * '''Rat race''': Harder fields of study may have higher incel rates as they are more time consuming | ||
* Professional specialization generally favors slow [[life history]] speed | * '''Slow LH''': Professional specialization generally favors slow [[life history]] speed | ||
* Status signaling among upper class might distinguish/polarize itself from activities in lower classes where people produce many offspring for ecological reasons, hoping one child will make it (favoring fast LH) which may be seen as uncouth behavior in higher class circles | * '''Polarization with lower class''': Status signaling among upper class might distinguish/polarize itself from activities in lower classes where people produce many offspring for ecological reasons, hoping one child will make it (favoring fast LH) which may be seen as uncouth behavior in higher class circles | ||
* | * '''Mental illness''': 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 whom 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> | 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 whom 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> | ||