Why are some men threatened by women that like sports and actually understand them?

Question

Time and time again I've heard guys say that they would love to meet a girl that would watch sports with him and not have to explain everything to her. In my experiences most guys are rattled and taken a back when they meet a girl that has lots of sports knowledge. Why is that?

Answer 1

i would love to have a girl that i could talk sports too and have her know what she was talking about so we could have real conversations.

Answer 2

yes, some guys are total jerks to me. I hate it. I recently got a really mean commment from a guy when I said I was going for my card in Q school. I hate it when guys think i know nothing like Im babbling stupidness.. If a guy had says what I do, it will probaly get best answer most of the time. I completley hate it.

Answer 3

Its true that most girls generally dunno much about sports, so when they actually meet one they get shocked that "a GIRL knows more about MANLY sports! I must be a loser!"

Answer 4

I think "threatened" is a bit much. Only the most insecure guys would ever feel threatened; that's a strong word. (More on that in the next paragraph.) "Rattled" and "taken aback" I can understand but you could flip the question to women and if they are "rattled" or "taken aback" if they meet a guy that knows a lot about shopping or decorating. Some of the most well-rounded men take great care in understanding the finer things in life and what's important to their mate. Meanwhile, I would assume that some of the most wonderful women also take a great deal of interest in the same interests as their mate, whether it's sports, music or whatever.

I don't know your age but if you bump into a guy that gives you the impression that he's threatened by a girl who knows a lot about sports, he's insecure. It's obvious. He probably doesn't know more about any other topic so he acts like he's far superior since he perceives a girl as someone who shouldn't know as much about sports as he should. It's just a defense mechanism, one with which he will struggle until he realizes his deficiency.

Answer 5

I'm not threatened by women who understand sports, I'm bored by them.  It's bad enough to listen to the perpetual "FOOTBALL!" grunts from the guys, but when the women start, I know it's going to be the end of civilization.

Answer 6

To some it is intimidating,but I think most like it.

Answer 7

This all depends on the guy. Some of us have never been threatened by a woman's ability and never by her knowledge.We appreciate  the fact the women are versatile  and are aware of the world in general. In otherwords we don't particularly like " Dummies".