Short monologue arguing that intellectual people—especially smart, disciplined women—are targeted in romantic contexts because they lead with intellect rather than emotional maturity; speaker contrasts cognitive age ("200 years old") with emotional age ("8 years old") and cites celebrity examples (Kiki Palmer, Simone Biles, Sky Jackson) to illustrate the point.
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Okay. Someone asked me, why are intellectuals a target? Intellectuals are a target. Smart girls are a target because you are leading with your mind and with your intellect and everything that you do. And in love, you can't do that. Love is heart based. And because you have been using your mind for everything, you're like 200 years old, but emotionally, you might be 8 years old. So, you know, like all of those actresses and like, you know, athletes that you see that are getting with all of these.
Trollops, all of these guys that are Swaggy McSwag that like, have not much going for them, but they talk a good game. It's because they're smart. Kiki Palmer is smart. Sky Jackson is smart. You can't be dumb to, like, act.
Simone Biles. Smart, disciplined women.
But when you're so used.
To being stone Cold as a professional, you're going to lead with this, not with this.
Yeah.
So that's what. That's why the smart girls will have. Yeah. Olivia Pope girl.
Sierra. Exactly.
Someone said, I don't know about Sky. You got to be smart. Cuz she. She read the girls growing up. She used to read them down.