Not really. But I've become highly disturbed at the fact that an experiment that a young Auburn woman completed last weekend. Results showed that when lowering her IQ when talking to college-aged men, the response to her was higher than when she was her usual intelligent self.
She began her project on a Friday night in September, after having been stood up by yet another guy. Her girl friends did her hair and makeup and for clothing, she wore a tight, spaghetti strapped tank top, blue jeans and stiletto heals.
As they arrived at a local bar in Auburn, this young woman began the next phase of her experiment. She dropped the southern drawl that is common to Southern women and adopted a more "valley-girl-esque" speech pattern, so dead on that it was slightly disturbing.
She was drawn into conversation by guys who were discussing bands and music. This particular Auburn woman is a big fan of Metallica, Tool and bands such as these. So when the guys began to talk about Tool, she adopted her "valley-girl-esque" speech and asked who Tool was and then, further said, "ohmigod, how can you listen to that? it's so hard." She deliberately dropped her vocabulary level to where she didn't use bigger words and asked what the words meant when the guys used them, biting her tongue when said guy would explain the meaning of the word incorrectly!
The end result is terrifying. Whereas a normal night consisted of no guy getting her phone number, this particular night three different guys asked for her phone number.
I find it frightening that it appears that I'll have to drop my own IQ level to obtain a guy's interest.
I find it frightening that guys are drawn in by that lower intelligence level.
I find it disturbing that it appears that in order to attract a guy I have to act stupid.
Well, I'm sorry. I can't ignore the fact that I'm athletic, that I know about baseball and football and basketball, that I understand the intricacies of the game and how many points a touchdown is. I can't ignore the fact that my vocabulary level is higher than most, that I am not in a sorority, that I like to ride 4-wheelers and wear camo and listen to rock music, along with the country. I can't ignore that I get along better with guys than I do with other girls, that all my life I've been "one of the guys" and that I don't dress provocative or talk sexy or any of that.
And you know what? I won't. That's who I am, and if a guy is intimidated or scared then he's not worth my time. If a guy were really interested in me, then wouldn't it be logical to assume that he would do anything to get me? We've heard all along about the concept -- fear of rejection -- well I think that's bull. If a guy doesn't have the guts to ask me out because he's afraid of being rejected then why would I want to go out with him in the first place??
Nobody said that there would be this many frogs involved...
