I have to admit that when I first saw this post, you instantly seemed more attractive to me when I saw you have a PhD. I guess I'm one of those odd sapiosexual types.

So, what does a PhD in Furst Nations Education entails? If you don’t mind me asking.

Fear and a sense of inferiority. It is a known fact that women with higher education degrees are less likely to find a partner. I guess most males react in that primal way in which they need to feel superior to their woman. Now, the bright side of that, for you, is that it weeds out all the insecure guys and even when that means the pool is smaller, it is, supposedly, of better quality.

Not being an ordinary man by any stretch I have no clue why guys act like that. Knowledge excites me, I think it's great and wish I'd been able to finish grad school. What's the field? btw, I am a highschool drop out, with a BA, 180+ semester hours, two tech schools and experience in a dozen different fields. OK, that sounds like bragging, huh? haha When I tell people that they think I'm a total lying jerk or just nuts. Two your question, the answer is that they're just "typical men," whatever that means.

Knowledge is power. Many men are intimated by strong, especially educated, women.

However, I am not scared !

I was trying to be funny on my earlier post, but I fee your pain.

I actually have the exact opposite problem. I am a high school drop out.

If someone finds out before they get to know me, they definitely treat me different. They assume I am stupid and a dead beat, living in my mothers basement and can’t hold down a job.

However, I am actually very successful, and on track to retire at 53. If they find out after they have known me a while, they usually don’t believe me.

I blame Hollywood.

I have dated two women with PHDs, and was very surprised when I found out, becasue they were so “normal”.

Because of Hollywood, we think SEALS, Green Berets, etc, are super human to the point of being near god like.

We think crime scene investigators are all like Sherlock and can Look at a foot print and instantly know the gender, weight, height, race and how much change was in the persons pocket.

We think a single bullet from a 9mm will blow a 200lbs man 20 ft through a wall.

We think PHDs are all like House, and operate on a mental level so far above us peons, that it physically hurts them to have to talk down to our level.

Then of course you have to add in the male ego.

Some men can’t handle anyone being better at anything than they are “yet alone a woman”. It makes them feel threatened, and they just can deal with it.

Others are afraid of how stupid you will think they are if they open their mouths. So they think it is better if they keep their mouths shut and not prove how stupid they are.

Either way you are screwed...

They steroeotype you as a controlling perfectionist. This stereotype is false based upon my experience. As a male, I experience the exact opposite. If my educational status and profession are in my bio, I get more women showing interest in dating. ( not true on this site though). The motivation is clear if they later turn off because they find out that I represent a lot of indigent people and that there is no yacht at the end of the pier?. This is of course not true for all but it is a noteworthy difference between 2 similarly situated people differing only by gender.

I find that people who underestimate me are often kinder to me than those who don't .I have qualifications but I won't talk about them unless I am on safe ground that goes for women as well as men .

I don't because I can't see why a woman with a PhD would be interested me and vise-versa. It's more because of having nothing in common. Days of yore 60's & 70's, I dated a few women with PhD's, living near a University it was easy to meet them, but outside of partying and sex nothing clicked. Maybe interests have changed since then?

You find the same thing if they realize you probably make more money than them-insecurity

They're probably intimidated or they think you're out of their league. I'm terminally degreed and I'd love to meet a PhD! Yup...farmboy is an academic! I've dashed all of my followers hopes and dreams of me, ha ha But I am a true farmboy so don't dispair

Insecurities?