I see the term "sapiosexual" bandied about a lot on various sites by both men and women. I thought I understood it but I looked it up, just to be sure. According to several dictionary sites it means "sexual or romantic attraction to highly intelligent people."
Hmmmm, ok. What do people consider "highly intelligent" I wonder? Rocket scientist? Loves book clubs and talking about all the "important" books of the day? Able to converse in 3 languages and cuss in 5? What does this really mean to people?
Ok I'm generalizing here on the "highly intelligent" thing but you get my point.
I think intelligence comes in many different types.
I love a man who is open to learning new things, regardless of his age. To allow yourself to be a beginner at something takes a special mindset.
I do like some traditional intelligence in a man. I admit, subject-verb agreement turns me on lol. I appreciate a man who likes to read, regardless of what it is - ok well preferably not just porn, I'm thinking more of magazines or a Chilton's manual if he's not into books.
I love it when a man can string words together in complete sentences with punctuation and everything. But I don't need a rocket scientist or a CEO or a PhD or anything like that.
There is emotional intelligence of course. I think most of us want someone with this type of intelligence.
There is also the common sense that life experience grants. I'm a huge fan of this one.
I really love when a man is good at working with his hands. That's an important type of intelligence to me.
I think we are all affected by our life experiences and this was something my dad has always been good at. He was a chemist by trade before he retired, but he also took care of the cars and turned the attic into another bedroom with a bathroom, for instance. He could install wood flooring, put in a bay window, fix my bike, build a fence, etc.
I greatly respect men who can work with their hands, even more so now that I'm on my own and doing a lot of this type of stuff by myself.
I don't need a "highly intelligent" man. I do like an intelligent man though, who enjoys learning, and is hopefully good with his hands. Kindness is important though too. Smart is meaningless without the ability to be kind to others. Oh wait, my Master E has all these traits - go me for picking a good one :)
