People
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
— Erica Jong
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker claims that intelligence is paired unevenly in relationships, contrasting smart men with smart women. The observation depends on gendered judgments about who is considered smart or dumb. It reads as a wry challenge to a perceived pattern, rather than a demonstrated rule about couples.
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