[Anonymous]

So do you prefer smart girls over good looking girls or vice versa and why?

[Lucia.]

What about both?

[Joeman560]

Both

I don't want to go out with an intelligent female if she looks fugly and unclean

I don't want to go out with a good looking woman who is a daft incompetent bimbo (maybe a quick ****)

[This Honest]

^what he said

Intelligence in academia or general knowledge?

Personally I would look for both, in an extreme case, I would look at the long term and pick the intelligent one

[RabbitCFH]

Neither. Ugly and stupid ftw.

[Panda Bear]

You do realise people can be both intelligent and good looking, right?

[navarre]

I'm lucky in that my current gf is both. I couldn't stand going out with a dumb girl who I couldn't have an intelligent convo with. And I couldn't ever go out with a girl I wasn't physically attracted to.

[SteveDawson]

Its a hard one to pick. But it depends on how you can cope with a gf who acts like a dumb blonde. But looks is the first thing that attracts you to a women and therefore in my opinion is more important although some intelligence would be beneficial but not so much that they are become far more intelligent than you. However i think a women who is good looking and has common sense is better

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[Jakeh]

I hate to say it, but its beauty i guess? :\ though i'd hate a dumb girl..

[FireGarden]

Looks are unfortunately probably the higher priority, but girls will tend to need at least some of both.

Doesn't matter how mentally stimulating they are, they can be that way as a friend - intelligence might attract a man, but it won't turn him on. Enter looks. Men want to date a woman that, to be more specific than just "attractive", turns him on.

That said, suppose a woman can get him hot under the collar easily; if she's a potato inside, then he's gonna get bored of her and that'll be that.

[foolscap]

I value intelligence more highly because I consider it my strongest attribute and I will get on best with someone I am similar to. Having said that she needs to be at least a 6/10

[Redimp]

Bit of a daft question in my opinion. Attraction is based on more than looks and/or intelligence. Personality traits, for instance, span a vast array of things, which are too many to list here, but are, however,more relevant than something as relative as intelligence.
Relative, as in seeing someone as 'very clever' maybe because your not the sharpest tool in the box yourself, or vice versa.
'Looks', however is more subjective, as it's not as 'logically straightforward' as intelligence is to distinguish. I hate to trot out cliches but, 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'.

I'm not sure what 'the girl I'll fall in love with' will look like. I sure as hell don't know if she'll have a pHd in Rocket Science. The thing that wins out for me is personality. Basing your desires purely on 'beauty' and 'intelligence' is just vein and immature .


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[Aisha~~]

I couldn't choose between. I need both or I'd rather be single.

[jblackmoustache]

What do people mean by intelligence? I don't want to date some pretentious and boring middle class academic bitch who loves herself and posts on Tumblr all the time (too many of those in university towns). I want a woman who is on my level. Someone real but isn't ignorant as hell. Someone wise, fun, reads and has their own opinions and is a creative individual. That's what I mean by intelligence. At the same time it's important to be attracted to that person as well to find them sexy. That whole sexual energy has got to be present also.

[idontthinkso]

Both. But to answer your question more specifically:
- I wouldn't have a long term relationship with a hot, dumb girl nor with an ugly, smart one.
- I would have a relationship with a hot, dumb girl but not with an ugly, smart one.

[Classical Liberal]

I always wonder by what standards are attractiveness and intelligence scored and compared?

I think the problem is intelligence comes in many different forms. For example you can have academic people who are just idiots in day to day life.

However attractiveness is more objective by comparison.

I would just say attractiveness because intelligence is so poorly defined. What use is an intelligent person if you can't talk to them easily?

[donghomauvang]

I choose the intelligence! Then I will change their look if it's bad!
So simple for me

[harrybithell196]

I'd say the middle ground. Mainly because I don't want someone to be more intelligent than me, but I don't want them to be as thick as two short planks.

[FrostyLemon]

Good looks. I'm not gonna go out with someone if I'm not attracted to them. Intelligence isn't a personality trait that I think is particularly important. It's a bit snobby if anything. I'd prefer a girl to be kind and funny than academic.

[Alpharius]

Whats the first thing anyone notices about another person.

"OMG! She's so... intelligent!"

Of course looks matter. Don't let any white knight say differently.

The initial attraction is always sparked by looks. I don't care how intelligent they are if they are obese, ugly and filthy.

Having said that, I wouldn't get into a relationship if they were hot, but incredibly stupid/could only hold a conversation about Big Brother...