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It rings true that funny women might not be very sexy to men -- of course it's a statement begging to be parsed and reconsidered, but still, the scent of validity is powerful enough to give pause. But "we all know men are intimidated by smart women"? Please. What atavistic need does this useless notion satisfy? I keep thinking/hoping the canard has been put to rest, but no. Here is Broadsheet positing it as a premise, a statement of fact. My brain, flawed and unreliable as it sometimes may be, has always been my greatest asset. Over the years other assets may have snagged men on the line, but it's the brain that reeled them in (or not, as the case may be).
