i've genuinely met more stupid men than I have stupid women, but that doesn't mean all men are stupid. I think it's most men tend to have inflated egos so when they are wrong they act like they are right unlike women when if there is a chance they are wrong they are less likely to be confident abt it.
Also I think when women bash men on intelligence they are speaking towards men who are destroying their own relationships, guys who are complaining he doesn’t know what his woman wants and then never listens to her when she tells him etc. I think when women bash men on intellect it’s mainly emotional intellect.
as all people do, they get caught up in generalizations. but the overall conversation theyre having is about a societal/cultural standard men are held to being overall lower than what women are held to, and intelligence is a broad word that can cover a lot. emotional intelligence, cultural/historical knowledge and interest, media literacy, political awareness (women are much more impacted by politics though everyone is). i get why the generalization is frustrating but just look deeper
it's also at least within my experience lots of people who just don't have critical thinking skills. like the people who believe everything a politician says without doing additional research or believing things they see online no matter how fishy it sounds. like i saw a tt of this women who hired a girl to babysit her kids and after the kids went to be she wanted to make tea and decided to use a self heating mug, BUT put it in the mircowave and it obviously like exploded.
and the girl like didn't even question why that mug was heavier than regular mug, or even why it looked different like she genuinely just thought it was a regular mug. it's stuff like that make it really obvious when someone is stupid. and i think just bc men in general have ego issues, they double down whenever they may be wrong.