No matter what choice we make, we’re scolded for it. We’re too curvy or too thin. We’re too sexual or not sexual enough. We’re too intimidatingly intelligent or too ditzy and “basic.”

We’re too this, too that, not enough this, not enough that.

Now, we can add “not enough of a desire to have children” to that list.

Last year, a controversial study from London School of Economics researcher (and notorious backlash creator) Satoshi Kanazawa revealed an interesting link between intelligence and desire to be a mother.

In his book, “The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn’t Always the Smart One,” Kanazawa suggests that for every 15 IQ points a woman possesses, her maternal urge drops by 25 percent.

He claims the smarter a woman is, the less likely it is that she will want to have kids.

It may sound like too simple of a correlation, but there are actually reputable statistics out there that support Kanazawa’s conclusion.

Data from the Pew Research Center suggest that “most educated women still are among the most likely never to have had a child.”

So, there’s validity to Kanazawa’s research: The smarter you are, the less likely you really are to have kids.

Despite this, however, his findings stirred much controversy. But it wasn’t necessarily the results that upset people; it was his discussion of the results that did.

As an evolutionary psychologist, Kanazawa’s discussion of his findings focus on the role reproduction plays in the lives of “living organisms.” In the study, he writes:

Here’s the thing: Women are not just any “living organism” existing solely by the rules of “evolution.”

Human beings aren’t supposed to just bumble through life competing for resources until it’s time to reproduce and raise our young in the wild.

Human beings have open-ended imaginations and the ability and desire to use those imaginations to think about and reflect on our lives.

We tell engaging stories. We attach meaning to our experiences and contemplate them. We mull over our morals and judgments.

We solve complex problems, watch our solutions unfold and analyze their effectiveness.

It’s unfair to boil the existence of a human being, especially a woman, down to reproduction.

We aren’t animals or bacteria or anything else Kanazawa might also lump into the simple category of “living organisms.”

We’re far more complex than that.

His other problematic rationale for his findings puts a lot of unfair pressure on childless women. He writes: