I mean way back, back in the 80's & early 90's when GCSE'S were harder than in say the last twenty years or so if a guy got a couple of grade C passes he could potentially get a job as a Bank Clerk. That was the kind of entry level criteria, a couple of GCSE passes grade A-C and above to get in that line of work. Before then dane deal different name GCE or O'levels. Point being that getting a job like that was seen as quite admirable at the time, good safe clean environment, reasonable pay, ability to move up the chain over time and sone degree of social status.
So girls could see such a guy as quite admirable. Sure he wasn't seen as intelligent as a guy who could go on and get A'levels and something more but he was seen as a peg above those that got no GCSE'S, those going into manual work, shop work, blue collar stuff. So potentially seen in a better light by girls on that way. The biggie of course would be to get to University which was particularly special achievement back in the day and could entail big things. These days of course it's nothing particularly special and nearly half the country go to Uni and graduating is almost like recieving a high school certificate as so many people get one.
So is intelligence even that much of a draw for women these days as it seems difficult to tell since the system doesn't really stratisfy like it used to decades ago?
As a side note I would say that recent results from GCSE'S etc have been an encouraging turn around where more people have been failing. That may sound awful but I don't think the previous twenty years or so where it seemed like everyone was passing really helped. Instead of separating the wheat from the chaff and no disrespect if being the chaff as you can still get on sometimes remarkably well but it made it look like everyone was intelligent and can win in academia. That I feel was a crucial error in going to far that it hid those that weren't that great academically in all too easy testing with those that were better academically. Main point is that it ended up with too many graduates and no one being remunerated fairly for their efforts as it swamped the labour markets with graduates meaning low pay for most.
That of course all rolls into if there are fewer graduates and you are being paid better then you are more attractive as a guy to girls and so the system then works. The way it has been though is that I feel there hasn't been due reward for effort due to everyone being seen as intelligent due to the easier examinations therefore making it harder to tell who really is intelligent and at what level. So is intelligence an overlooked commodity by girls in guys in society these days?