WOW... what kind of a world are we living in? I stumbled upon this blog post by Alaina Vieru over at Handbag blogs (read yesterday's post), and I was stunned. Here's the gist of it:

Smart women aren't sexy  !!!!! (my exclamation points)

Come again? This is the 21st century, not the 17th century. This is the new age of technology - which women use and appreciate more than men. This is the millennium women are finally coming into their own - we are starting new businesses at twice the rate of men (still), we work as hard as men, we are still great Moms and girl friends, we still do the majority of the housework... and we're not sexy if we're smart?

Here's the opening to Alaina's post: Are smart women sexy? The other day I had a conversation with a man who actually said ‘smart women aren’t sexy’ after I told him my idea for a feature on why men find smarts in a woman attractive. 

‘But they aren’t,’ he replied. ‘Smart women aren’t sexy. Not to sound like a chauvinist, but smart women aren’t sexy. My girlfriend isn’t smart. All my female friends tell me they have to dumb down on dates or guys find them intimidating.’

Here's the kicker - this post was written on May 15th! Yes, it has 11 comments, but -- where were the rest of us? Where are the blogher women? Ladies, are we going to sit back and just let this stupidity slither around the net like a snake in the grass, without a comment?

Here's my answer: YES, Virginia (or Alaina, or Fred, Jack, Sam, Matt, Joe, Kevin, etc), SMART WOMEN ARE SEXY.  And if you're in the business of marketing to women, you'd better believe we're not only sexy, we're aware of our sexuality.

Smart women know how to dress - regardless of size. Smart women know how to flirt - regardless of marital status. Smart women know how to - run businesses and still be Mom, wife, girl friend, sister, and more.

Smart men - want all that. I challenge any and all smart men to tell me otherwise.

Or, maybe you're one of the pigs who hang around with this guy over at Daily Cents, who decided to define sexy and smart, for a female 'friend'...

First, [she writes] he defined sexy girls for me. 

“Pretty girls never had to get smart.  I mean really smart.  They’ve had guys chasing them from day one.  No one says ‘no’ to a Tiffany or Amber.  These girls, and we all know them, may have an opinion on most world events and topical issues, but not a deep opinion.  No one’s ever expected them to be smart.  No one’s ever taken an interest in them because they ‘look smart.’  They don’t look smart.  They look hot.  These girls are also rarely ambitious or truly visionary.  They never had to cultivate those skills.”

Then he defined smart girls. 

“They’re just smart.  Plain and simple.  These are girls who couldn’t survive on looks.  Not that a person should have to.”

There are 18 responses to that post. Another good start...but, ladies, where are you? It's time to put this misconception out to sea.

Help!