# The Whore of Mensa. How much would conversation with a bright woman be worth to you?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whore-of-mensa-how-much-would-conversation-with-a-bright-woman-be-worth-to-you/378492 "2006-10-30T22:11:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whore-of-mensa-how-much-would-conversation-with-a-bright-woman-be-worth-to-you/378492/41 "2006-11-03T20:04:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Beware of Doug]  
Not so much that as they tend to be either celibates, lesbians, of advanced age, or in committed relationships with men much, _much_ brighter (or with higher earning power) than you.  
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Doh!.. and yet… mature lesbian conversation might be intriguing, What would we discuss?

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whore-of-mensa-how-much-would-conversation-with-a-bright-woman-be-worth-to-you/378492/42 "2006-11-03T20:06:22Z")

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[QUOTE=astro]  
Doh!.. and yet… mature lesbian conversation might be intriguing, What would we discuss?  
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Women.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whore-of-mensa-how-much-would-conversation-with-a-bright-woman-be-worth-to-you/378492/43 "2006-11-03T20:22:53Z")

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[QUOTE=astro]  
So bright women are often bad in bed?  
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No, just the opposite. It’s getting bright women _into_ bed that’s the hard part! 😉

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**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whore-of-mensa-how-much-would-conversation-with-a-bright-woman-be-worth-to-you/378492/44 "2006-11-04T03:10:34Z")

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Sometimes it’s worth $20 a song…in the strip club. Seriously, I’ve had many men pay me for my time and fascinating conversation. I’m half-naked, but sometimes guys don’t even care about that. Some men want a dance, some want to talk. It’s roughly the same price.

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**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whore-of-mensa-how-much-would-conversation-with-a-bright-woman-be-worth-to-you/378492/45 "2006-11-04T04:39:01Z")

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> [@](#):
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> I like a girl from Mensa  
> With a furrowed brow  
> When the tenses get denser  
> She gets it – and how!  
> I need a polymath  
> Called Cindy or Cath  
> Who likes her Plato not too platonic  
> An autodidact  
> Who can add and subtract  
> While sipping her Tolstoy and tonic

-Richard Thompson

[Hots for the Smarts](http://www.richardthompson-music.com/song_o_matic.asp?id=491)

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