“Clever ugly girl”, “beautiful dummy”. Why is the stereotype that a woman can be either smart or beautiful is still alive? And what happens when an “ideal” still appears next to us
Everyone seems to have understood for a long time: intelligence and beauty are relative and not directly related to career growth, family happiness, or satisfaction with life in general.
“Being smart and beautiful at the same time is like vomen and like men. After all, beauty is a socially encouraged sign of a woman, femininity. And the mind is a socially encouraged feature of a man. A woman who claims to both, as if declaring her omnipotence. And thus causes general outrage, since it encroaches on the identity of both men and women.
So, in a man, a clever beauty is alarming. Because the mind is an important attribute of his power, which the woman seems to be trying to take away from him. He would prefer that she was only beautiful. "
As for women, confrontation with the "ideal" often threatens their worldview and holistic perception of themselves.
But, life is not fair. Men only like one category of smart women - those who are beautiful.
Whatever modern psychologists tell us, about the fact that only smart women can count on happiness in their personal lives. The men are still most attracted beautiful girls are still .
The men are not really attracted to smart women. An exception is made only for those representatives of the fair sex who are also beautiful at the same time.