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ORIGINAL: girl4you2

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ORIGINAL: CitizenCane

For me, intelligence is simply not the critical ingredient. As I said in the other thread on this general topic, things like loyalty, grace, eagerness to please, passion and good cheer mean more to me in an intimate partner than IQ. I'm not afraid of other people's intelligence, and I enjoy it in a sub when it's combined with the features above- but I really don't see how having an IQ of 150 makes a girl better in bed, more fun to spank, or look sexier in a leather harness. Given a choice between a sub with big smarts and a dishonest heart; and one who's trustworthy but not particularly bright, I'd much rather have the second in my home. My idea of dominance does not include being a prison guard.
Also, I'm much more particular about who I fuck than who I talk to- so I'm perfectly happy to have scintillating conversations with a wide variety of people who can be interesting about a variety of subjects, rather than focus my intellectual life on one person and screw around indiscriminately.

when combined with some wits, integrity, obedience, trust, honour, overwhelming desire and need to please, to serve, to be what one should be to her Master/Dominant, passion in everything done, loyalty, caring, an honest and honourable heart, trustworthiness, who wishes to learn about things of interest to her Master/Dominant while keeping her own and not becoming any burden, who doesn't desire to take anything, but offers to give what she has, no matter the cost, then why is it not good to think, when one doesn't let one's thoughts interfere....i don't know why i ask anymore really. perhaps it is about what i think you speak of, having just "play" partners and not ever seek anything of substance and more.

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ORIGINAL: Padriag

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

I'm having a hard time understanding this thread (and the related one).

You're not the only one, I have yet to think of a reply that would really contribute to this thread in some useful way or answer the original question. For myself I cannot imagine not wanting an intelligent slave (which I don't necessarily equate with high IQ, though I find the two often go together). An unintelligent slave would... well... be of very limited use to me, perhaps kept literally as a pet (perhaps a full time puppygirl for example), but that doesn't really fit with my desires so its not something I have pursued.

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ORIGINAL: Sunshine119

Ditto to the above. It would seem that people matching up in the BDSM world is very much like people matching in the vanilla world.

Or at least on line. Statistically people online tend to be more literate and educated (and presumably more intelligent, though sometimes I wonder about it). If true then it follows you would find a higher percentage of intelligent dominants and submissives online... statistically anyway.

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ORIGINAL: MasterRobert1

Personally, I think an intelligent sub/slave reflects well on a Dom/me. Intelligence is one of my main criteria for accepting or rejecting someone.

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ORIGINAL: WayHome

Honesty definitely is the number one thing I look for. But then true honesty requires a certain amount of intelligence (especially EQ). One cannot tell the truth if she cannot determine the truth. Nothing is more frustrating than an sub who thinks she is telling you how she really feels and why when in fact she just lacks the introspection to see these things for herself and to be honest with herself.

Leto