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[cleolinda]

Again, since y'all seemed desperate to get some: Twilight reviews are starting to come in (updated Fandom Lounge entry). Here's one from The Chicagoist, courtesy of my friend Marcus. And Roger Ebert just barely gives it a thumbs up. What I'm getting out of this is that it's not going to set the non-believers alight with cinematic fire, but fans are

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[naeelah]

I think it's a little of both. People in general, men and women alike, are intimidated by people whom they perceive as smarter. It isn't necessarily a sexist or chauvinistic thing these days -- that would be the old-fashioned reason, I think. People just don't want to feel like they're being judged or feel inferior.

One of my philosophy teachers in college said that she lost count of how many times she was having a good conversation with some man and noticed they grew visibly colder or more uncomfortable when they learned she had a PhD. When they learned it was a PhD in Philosophy, they pretty much quit.

I have noticed some people seeming intimidated by me, but on the other hand, a lot of people have had crushes on me specifically because I argued with them more than other people. Because I'm quite goofy in person some people kind of think I'm air-headed at times, and I've noticed people liking me more when they realize I'm not dumb, I'm just sorta like Luna Lovegood.

So I'd say younger men tend to find intelligence attractive, but there are still plenty of people in the world who are intimidated by it. Then again, the people I hang around aren't your typical men, so I don't know if they're representative of your average, frat boy type.