Would men be scared of a petite woman?( I don’t know how to ask this question)

Its ok. You come off very intelligent and interesting.

I'm not saying this is always the case, but anything 'different' can cause one to make irrational decisions or be overly cautious on things, intelligence can do this, if in person people may not know how to react to someone who is perceived as more intelligent then themselves, where if on computer or something, it'd be a different reaction, sometimes negative or other ways. It really depends on things.

If I have an argument with someone, or talking about a disagreement or something that I felt crossed the line with myself personally, even if it's at work, I always try find a line in the middle with the person I'm talking to, we're we can meet, yet still have their feelings in mind and the point of why we're having a talk to come to some common ground.

What's simple to you, may not always be simple to other people, people can have their own insecurities and self esteem in areas of their personality that can and will show to certain people.

Your information recall, and the 'zone', people can tell the intelligence of a person just by how they recall information etc, even at work, it can intimidate people in a way.

It might help to listen in on how the person takes in your information and replies to you, to 'gauge' things, their reactions, it can take time for people to open up and how they use their words. People's vocabulary, can gauge the level of intelligence and understanding in someone, this may help you with things.

Not a lot of people, read, not a lot of people go into depth with 'random' things and facts, all this can show in a person, it isn't my place to judge people's intelligence but just observation and things I've learnt from experience in my life. People have very varying levels of knowledge and understandings on all things.

I do feel compassion for what you experience, I think I understand why you would feel offended, in saying that, I'm sure they don't mean harm to you personally and if it does, it may help to ask exactly what is intimidating.

A woman once said I was intimidating, I asked what it was, she told me and I wouldn't have known because my overall personality is upbeat with humour, but because of that I never thought of my size would come off as scary as I'm usually smiling and giving attention, making jokes to people in social settings.

I wish you luck.

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