He's Not as Smart as He Thinks

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  • Posted By: love.angel.music.baby @ 01/29/2008 2:58:25 AM

    Honestly, your dick doesn't give you any extra brain cells. And to the little knob who wrote about how women were so unsuccesful throughout the years 'even though they were given the chance' to be a part of politics in Egypt and rule England etc. Give me a break. Might I remind you that women had been taught far less than men. And I mean that as in how girls were never sent to school for the same subjects as boys. Am I not right? And should I also point out that girls were only taught to sew, cook and clean?
    And yes, Queen Elizabeth may have had the power to change this, but then again she didn't. Do you know why? Because men in England also had the power to revolt, and Kings and Queens are not always able to make decisions so simply. They had a whole court of people to accept their decisions, which isn't always as succesful as you may think.
    Oh, and guess what? I'm 12 years old.
    And to all you thick skulls out there who think men are generally better than women, you're just mad cuz you're a little short on sumthin. (Yeah, I'm aware of my spelling errors. Wouldn't you think I'd notice?) Not to mention the fact that some of these 'hot shots' (ROFL) on here (once again thinking you are smarter, not realizing that you obviously have the same intelect of a banana peel), you are definately single. Try thinking outside the bun. Women don't want you. You might as well go kill yourselves because you have no point in life, hahaha.
    And another thing before you try and think you're rubbing something in my face, yes, I have a boyfriend. And if I mispelled any words I am soo sorry, as I am trilinguel, So ey, cut me some slack. ?????? ?????????. :)

    • Posted By: frogster9009 @ 01/29/2008 3:07:24 AM

      You sound like a fourteen instead of a 12.
      I guess what your saying in true. (trilingual isn't a good excuse to have spelling errors.)

  • Posted By: tikistudman @ 01/29/2008 3:04:17 AM

    Honestly the reason for men and women having the difference between each other is sex.
    I don't mean the physical reason, I mean adam and eve, man and woman.
    The reason there is such a problem about people comparing one another to another is how the woman
    sex drives itself into the ground. Compare how many strippers and prosttuites in the US as far as
    men versus women. But then think of the classic hobo "bum" its always a male. I believe that neither has the capibilties \
    of being better then the other, I believe that it is a point of who wants it more.

  • Posted By: tikistudman @ 01/29/2008 3:04:02 AM

    Honestly the reason for men and women having the difference between each other is sex.
    I don't mean the physical reason, I mean adam and eve, man and woman.
    The reason there is such a problem about people comparing one another to another is how the woman
    sex drives itself into the ground. Compare how many strippers and prosttuites in the US as far as
    men versus women. But then think of the classic hobo "bum" its always a male. I believe that neither has the capibilties \
    of being better then the other, I believe that it is a point of who wants it more.

  • Posted By: HeidiSheister @ 01/29/2008 3:00:31 AM

    LOL, I love Leykis, between that and wifebusters.com

    i'm a happy girl!

  • Posted By: manolito @ 01/29/2008 2:12:50 AM

    PU IT SIMPLE, EVERYONE (EVEN WOMEN) WILL CHOOSE A MALE SURGEON OVER A WOMEN SURGEON, BECAUSE WOMEN HAVE A VERY FRAGILE AND SCREWD UP BRAIN, WOMEN ARE OK TO CLEAN KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS.

    • Posted By: crazymamma @ 01/29/2008 2:59:53 AM

      LOL! Good thing you aren't married to me! I hate cleaning, but I make ultra bucks and pay a MALE housekeeper to scrub my toilets. HE makes 10 bucks an hour, I make 150 bucks an hour. I am such a poor, pitiful, female. Please have pity on me......

  • Posted By: HeidiSheister @ 01/29/2008 2:45:14 AM

    I think it takes two to tango.. eve did take the forbidden fruit.. i think.. i read that at wifebusters.com

    • Posted By: frogster9009 @ 01/29/2008 2:59:21 AM

      Oh yay ! Finally someone's making sense. It needs both male and female to function in the society and the world. Josman, 1nightstand, what makes you think that man are smarter just because they talk 'bout politics ? It's not like the ones that talk 'bout politics are in politics !! Giving personal remarks on XXX president and XXX country and their decision. I'd be intelligent if these people talking 'bout politics are IN politics, but they're just discussing, i don't see anything smart in it. Of course, i don't see anything smart in talking 'bout shopping too. Just to tell you that we're equal in a different way on that. Not smarter or dumber !

  • Posted By: sbyrne @ 01/29/2008 2:56:45 AM

    There's plenty, and I mean PLENTY of stupidity to go around, so I don't think you should sweat the small stuff. Good night.

  • Posted By: Josman75 @ 01/29/2008 2:55:49 AM

    I work in an office where it's 90% percent women, and they talk about very unintelligent topics. I'm not berating anyone, maybe you're insulted because you have those types of conversations with your co-workers.

  • Posted By: CHINUAACHEBE @ 01/29/2008 2:55:47 AM

    The only other previous response that makes sense is china panda's.

  • Posted By: 229911 @ 01/29/2008 2:33:35 AM

    When is someone intelligent of either gender going to comment on this article?

    • Posted By: crazymamma @ 01/29/2008 2:55:33 AM

      What?!?! Are YOU not intelligent? Why don't you make an intelligent comment on this subject instead of berating others?

    • Posted By: crazymamma @ 01/29/2008 2:50:47 AM

      What? Are you not of "either gender" are you not "intelligent"? Why don't YOU comment intelligently instead of berating others?

  • Posted By: frogster9009 @ 01/29/2008 2:51:24 AM

    To picklestx,Where does the smarter men live ?
    I too, never considered man being smarter than woman before reading this article. Topics like such have been going on for ages, and there doesn't seem to be a valid conclusion. The reason (intelligent) females underestimate their intelligence would most probably be caused by their humbility and modesty. Although a majority of males might overestimate their IQ level, but i'm sure there are males which underestimate their IQ level too. They say that smart people tend to be more humble. (regardless of sex). So maybe some man should learn to be more humble and boast less. :looks at monalito:

  • Posted By: 1nightstand @ 01/29/2008 2:51:04 AM

    Josman75, you are so right. The women that gather in school or in my office usually talk about shopping, fashion and or some celebrity who shaved her head. While men, on the other hand, usually talk about serious stuff like work, politics, and technical stuff on their break time.

  • Posted By: Josman75 @ 01/29/2008 2:48:19 AM

    Listen to the conversations that women have at work, they generally have conversations about britney spears, or shopping or some kind of nonsense. Men generally have conversations about politics or current events.

  • Posted By: Josman75 @ 01/29/2008 2:44:27 AM

    Of course men are smarter that women, it is common that men talk about politics or current events, while women talk about shopping or britney spears. Just listen to the conversations in your office where the majority of the employees are women.

  • Posted By: letso @ 01/29/2008 2:42:35 AM

    I think women are smarter than men. when it comes to intelligence, we are both equal.

  • Posted By: 1nightstand @ 01/29/2008 2:40:09 AM

    In other words, men are generally smarter than women because we have to be. It is evolution!

  • Posted By: JulesBHannes @ 01/29/2008 1:24:26 AM

    Ishiboy-"In defence of women, I think they are smart, intelligent and probably a little more gifted than men, but truly lack the motivation or the competitiveness required to challenge thought or further humanity."
    It had NOTHING to do with lack of drive and competitiveness(oh we have it all right, we just use words rather than fists), it has to do with the clear fact that women even in this day don't have the equal opportunities that men have. It's people like you who rob us of opportunities. People like you who see us as the inferior sex . Till this day women still unfairly get paid less than men for the same job. And the major part is, unlike men, women have to choose between a career or having a family of their own and can't easily have both like men can so effortlessly. We can't have it all(career and family), equal opportunities, till the day men get over their egos and support us the way we have supported them since the beginning of time.

    • Posted By: bgesel @ 01/29/2008 2:38:58 AM

      C Sex Differences

      Are women smarter or are men smarter? Psychologists have studied sex differences in intelligence since the beginning of intelligence testing. The question is a very complicated one, though. One problem is that test makers sometimes eliminate questions that show differences between males and females to eliminate bias from the test. Intelligence tests, therefore, may not show gender differences even if they exist. Even when gender differences have been explicitly studied, they are hard to detect because they tend to be small.

      There appear to be no substantial differences between men and women in average IQ. But the distribution of IQ scores is slightly different for men than for women. Men tend to be more heavily represented at the extremes of the IQ distribution. Men are affected by mental retardation more frequently than are women, and they also outnumber women at very high levels of measured intelligence. Women???s scores are more closely clustered around the mean.

  • Posted By: 229911 @ 01/29/2008 2:38:50 AM

    Good night everyone and please get over yourselves.

  • Posted By: 1nightstand @ 01/29/2008 2:34:28 AM

    This subject makes a lot of sense because boys and men are pressured by society to perform and be a man, if you will. If we are not confident and self assured, then most men and women won't respect us. Women want men to be more of a man and take charge so we have to be smarter or at least make her believe that us guys are smarter. Women don't respect a man if he is not confident and clever.

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