you mean your mom grand-mom et al. were all stupid ? :P you may be right....to be really honest, in my case, with due respect, my mom, grand-mom, even my cousin sis are, if i may say, less intelligent than me. but that is just in the so-called studies and in few other philosophies of life. when it comes to social areas and some other aspects of life pertaining to household and stuffs, they are far more intelligent and knowledgeable than me and i am pretty sure than you. more importantly, its the environment full of life, love, peace and harmony that a woman is capable to create in a home, that makes them adorable, special and praiseworthy. no matter where they fall in terms of your definition of 'smartness', the super fact that they CAN give birth to a relatively more intelligent person like you or say to a genius like Einstein make them SMART ENOUGH!!! haina? hehe... how can a stupid hen can give birth to a SMARTY- RATOBHALEY, huh? :P :P when you create a thread like this, which MAY have some degree of truth, try to relate your claim to your own ones and see how it feels. if this is not meant for light time-pass talks, there are thousands of better issues to be discussed. mero pani just a humble opinion hai, don't take it otherwise. :P have a good one! LooTe