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== Sexual desirability == | == Sexual desirability == | ||
===The mating mind=== | ===The mating mind=== | ||
Evolutionary psychologists such as Geoffrey Miller, with his 'mating mind theory, | Evolutionary psychologists such as Geoffrey Miller, with his 'mating mind theory', have argued that [[cope|high IQ in males is strongly attractive to women]]. They argue that this trait primarily evolved due to sexual selection pressures, claiming that human intelligence only could have developed to such a high degree because of sexual selection for intelligence. Miller claims this is due to basic survival seemingly only requiring low levels of general intelligence, and thus natural selection wouldn't have been enough for human's unusually high intelligence to evolve.<ref>https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/114577/the-mating-mind-by-geoffrey-miller/</ref> | ||
===Evidence for=== | ===Evidence for=== | ||