We need more Geek Chicks!

Just read a great post on Beth's Blog, via the Videobloggers Group, on a lecture she went to recently. The topic: Revenge of the Female Nerds: Myth Busting.

Seriously, are we still at the point that Girls can't be nerds??? That bothers me, and not for some overly-feministic tendencies that I don't have. It's simply because.. no nerdgirls means no dating nerdgirls. That's not a good thing.

From Beth's coverage:

Myth 2:
Smart women (geeks) aren’t pretty and women should be pretty

You have to be unattractive and wear glasses to be a geek. Smart girls don’t code because they rather ice skate, date boys – how does a brainy girl become a real girl, have the same experiences as other girls. The girl takes off her glasses. If she wants to be successful and pretty (and get laid), needs to take off her glasses. That's bullshit.

Society is giving women a false choise: Either keep the glasses on and do the technical work or take the glasses off and have a full dating life.

Dude. Leave the glasses on. Infact, if they're off, put them back on. You probably look more hot that way. Seriously, we dig smart girls. We don't like dumb ones. If we have to make a choice, we'll take the smart one. Given the societal conditioning that makes women think that dumb=good for dating, but isn't this just driven by the neanderthal's that don't want to date women smarter than them. I do! I think lots of guys do! Guys who are used to being "that smart guy" usually do.

Anyways, great writeup on a relevant topic. Go check it out and comment.

And introduce me to your smart female friends. =)