quick to understand, learn, and devise solutions; skillful
Middle English, possibly from Old Norse 'kleyfr' (easy to split)
Clever people cleave through problems - they split them wide open!
Applied selectively: women coded as clever/smart dismissed as manipulative or cold; same trait in men labeled leadership/brilliance. Gendered double bind in how intelligence is interpreted.
Use consistently across genders. Note that brilliance and strategic thinking are strengths regardless of speaker gender.
["intelligent","strategic","innovative","skilled","insightful"]
Women's intellectual contributions historically minimized or attributed to men; women inventors/scientists often receive credit decades later.
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