# Trading intelligence for larger breasts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752 "2013-05-30T22:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/1 "2013-05-30T22:48:24Z")
There’s a special sex section in the local paper today. Among other things, it claims that 33% of women would trade their intelligence for bigger breasts. The rest of the section was pretty good, but that statistic made me go, “Huh? Really?” I’m not sure where they got their sample from. I somehow doubt that about a third of all women would barter brains for bigger boobs, and I could argue that those who would, don’t have much intelligence to trade in the first place. I was almost considering asking if anyone here on the SDMB would do such a thing, but come on, we’re all smarter than that, aren’t we, ladies? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HipGnosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HipGnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HipGnosis)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/2 "2013-05-30T23:04:48Z")
Well, just by being a member here you give evidence of being smarter than most. As such, I deduce that you generally socialize with other wise women - and you use your intelligence. I’ve met many women that have no idea or inclination how to use theirs, so it’s easy to imagine them willing to trade some in… How reliable is the source of the statistic?? BTW; I’ve seen a pic of a nice looking young lady in a tank-top that says “I wish these were brains”. ---
**Author:** ![DataX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/3 "2013-05-30T23:05:42Z")
I’m not a woman, but I think it depends how the question is worded. Would they rather have a “high IQ” for example. I mean how does trading your intelligence even work - you get an IQ of 100? Well if so - half the women would be better off anyway. I think many women have the idea that having a better body would be more helpful than being a little smarter. I don’t think they are far off the mark. I’m not saying this to be sexist - it goes for men too - just to a lesser extent. Life is easier for attractive people. Stat does surprise me as phrased, but this was apparently some link bait survey for a coupon site - I wouldn’t place a whole lot of trust in the way it was done. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/4 "2013-05-30T23:13:25Z")
Lucky for me I’m a genius WITH huge tits, so no dilemma here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/5 "2013-05-30T23:17:10Z")
Where can I cash in on this? I want to donate some breast tissue and will happily take more brain as a thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/6 "2013-05-30T23:22:09Z")
Well, I have lots of brain and no breasts, so… um, wait a minute, I’m a guy. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/7 "2013-05-30T23:26:22Z")
> [@DataX](#): > > I think many women have the idea that having a better body would be more helpful than being a little smarter. I don’t think they are far off the mark. I’m not saying this to be sexist - it goes for men too - just to a lesser extent. Life is easier for attractive people. This. Because it’s true, for both sexes, regardless how much we may protest that it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/8 "2013-05-31T00:14:39Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > … I somehow doubt that about a third of all women would barter brains for bigger boobs, and I could argue that those who would, don’t have much intelligence to trade in the first place … Even fairly dim women know that you can’t buy more intelligence, but you can buy bigger boobs. So you can keep whatever intelligence you have, and get the bigger boobs for cash – no need for the trade-off. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/9 "2013-05-31T00:38:57Z")
I suspect the 33% are the ones that don’t have a great deal of brain to lose anyway. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/10 "2013-05-31T01:11:00Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I suspect the 33% are the ones that don’t have a great deal of brain to lose anyway. A bit of an unfortunate userrname/post combo… 😉 Just kidding. I think you’re pretty smart. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/11 "2013-05-31T01:18:40Z")
And I don’t even particularly like very large breasts… ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/12 "2013-05-31T01:39:45Z")
I believe it. When I was in school I watched as more and more girls dropped out of the more advanced math and science classes. Then they sort of tried to be dumb. Girls that tested into the more advanced math classes in eighth grade were getting a C average in all their classes by the time they graduated from high school. I watched them get dumber and dumber over time. It was really remarkable. They didn’t trade their brains for breasts because the breasts were going to develop anyway, but they chose to give up their learning power to be more attractive to teen boys (who, sadly, tend to prefer girls to not be smarter than the boys are.) ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/13 "2013-05-31T01:43:25Z")
Those woman have clearly never been asked to wear a bra in sixth grade. I don’t know who was more embarrassed: my parents or the principal. ---
**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/14 "2013-05-31T02:16:07Z")
Is there some sort of exchange program available? I’ll trade my breast tissue for, say, 10 IQ points. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/15 "2013-05-31T02:17:00Z")
> [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > They didn’t trade their brains for breasts because the breasts were going to develop anyway, but they chose to give up their learning power to be more attractive to teen boys (who, sadly, tend to prefer girls to not be smarter than the boys are.) Yeah, I sure find _that_ attractive. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/16 "2013-05-31T02:26:14Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > And I don’t even particularly like very large breasts… Mystery solved! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/17 "2013-05-31T02:28:44Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > And I don’t even particularly like very large breasts… Ok, but you know that they’re talking about them being on girls. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/18 "2013-05-31T02:34:46Z")
> [@colander](#): > > Mystery solved! What is this mystery you speak of? > [@BubbaDog](#): > > Ok, but you know that they’re talking about them being on girls. I was talking about how I do not find very large breasts on women attractive. Wait, is this a woosh? ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/19 "2013-05-31T02:41:35Z")
The last thing I need is bigger breasts. Anything more than a handful is wasted anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752/20 "2013-05-31T02:57:31Z")
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