Marrying An Intelligent Woman Is Great

Dr. Kiiza Besigye is in Luzira prison in Uganda over politically motivated charges. In the sadness of all this, he has got the best ambassador on the outside fighting in his corner, and that's his wife, Winnie Byanyima.

I have been seeing her on different media channels, and OMG, she can talk. Most importantly, she uses simple English words, and that's awesome in any form of communication.

Marrying and presumably dating, an intelligent woman is fantastic. There are so many advantages.

One of the nicest things about marrying people with very high intelligence is that, at least in my experience, you're stacking the deck in favor of a partner with good relationship skills. Yes, there are very bright folks with rubbish social skills, but in my decidedly anecdotal experience, people who are really intelligent are more likely to have good social skills and good communication skills.

Personally, I love having conversations with intelligent women, especially the ones that are open minded, not extremely opiniated and have a human factor to their personality.

My wife has good education and she speaks about 7 languages. Her fluency in Swahili is the most i admire because she communicates easily with Tanzanians, Kenyans and Congolese. She taught herself the quran in adulthood because she didn't learn it as a kid. She is definitely one smart cookie.

The biggest benefit is that we can converse on a wide range of subjects - from politics, religion(Islam), culture to science to child-rearing, and she gets it.It feels a lot more like I have a partner rather than simply a romantic companion, if that makes sense. The only flip side is that she has no interest in sports. She annoys me when I'm watching football.

However, most men are most certainly intimidated by intelligent women, and because of our egos, we don’t like to admit it. According to a 2015 academic study called "Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder," men showed less attraction toward women who outsmarted them."

I would say most men just prefer youth, "nyashi"(big bum) and beauty. And “smart” being the cherry on top. Smart is also pretty subjective, btw. The problem is nobody can stay young and beautiful forever. Some other things are needed in the long run, and they mostly involve intelligence.

Saying that, intelligence can also bring about a certain cockiness in both sexes, and it takes time to know that.

Sometimes, men end up marrying women who aren't so intelligent because they feel they won't be accepted by intelligent and powerful women.

Women are hypergamous and desire men who are superior to them,in turn, men feel inadequate if they are not. You can argue that women created this intimidation, and not that men are necessarily intimidated per se, although I acknowledge that the opposite could be true.

Overall, Besigye’s lawyers are doing a fantastic job to have him released, but his wife is doing a great one, too. I hope their children,too, join and let the world know how great Besigye is. It will take generations for Uganda to have a leader like Besigye - he has sacrificed a lot in the name of democracy, freedom, and human rights.