Gifted relationships: Sex appeal and smarty-pants
Q: Your character [on the tv series “House”] Dr. Lisa Cuddy finds Dr. House [Hugh Laurie] hot. Would you be attracted to a guy like him?
Lisa Edelstein : “Yeah, I like smarty-pants. It’s sexy when a guy is that witty and bright. Even at the cost of social skills. I have plenty of social skills of my own. I have known some guys like that in real life, and they never work out. But they were very interesting.” [TV Guide, June 26 2006]
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Jennifer Morrison [Dr. Allison Cameron] thinks House is a “misanthrope” but that he also has “that rebellious Renaissance man thing going that women find endlessly attractive. House speaks 10 different languages, plays the piano, and he doesn’t care what people think or what the rules are. That’s sexy.”
> photo: Jennifer Morrison, Omar Epps, Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein
> More on gifted characters in post: Brilliant and flawed
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Relationships for gifted / talented people
Another issue related to being exceptional may be social isolation: true peer relationships are rare and demanding. Hypersensitivity to destructive influences from others may demand protective isolation, even from family members.
> from article: Gifted Women: Identity and Expression by Douglas Eby
Most people don’t know that what is considered normal for the gifted is most often labeled as neurosis in the general population and as a result, the gifted are personally and emotionally vulnerable to a variety of unique relationship difficulties at home, work, school and in the community.
> From article Misdiagnosis of the Gifted by Lynne Azpeitia and Mary Rocamora
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I don’t think a lot of woman are willing to date sexy, intelligent men because of the high demands it puts on the woman. It seems like many woman have low self esteem and dating independent smart men is not easy for them.
Speaking as a woman who has “dumbed down” all her life to attract men, I think that goes for both sexes. I was very young when I learned to not sound smarter than the boys or they wouldn’t even play with me, never mind date me as I got older.
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