Corruption or Bold Manoeuvre?

Caribbean people like "smart" men. Women in the Caribbean are not so comfortable around a man who is "smart", but there is something, it seems, in the psychological make up of the Caribbean male that gets a kick out of watching a man outsmart another man. If that man outsmarts one man it provides the men who are aware of it with an opportunity for a good laugh. If that man outsmarts a number of men the laughter is louder and even raucous.
  In the Caribbean it is not an unusual thing to find a group of men engaged in loud, earnest debate about which man in leadership position is smarter than other men in leadership positions. Often these men bet large sums of money on what the smarter man is going to do within a given time frame. There is just something about the makeup of men that enjoy the idea of one man being able to outsmart another. This is why the Ananci story will always be intriguing, because Ananci is able to outsmart everyone around him. Many years ago the story of Sharlo and the Devil was popular among Caribbean people too, because of the  smartness of the main character in the story. But one man's pleasure is another man's pain, depending on who ends up holding the dirty end of the stick when it is all said and done.
Women view "smart" men as people to be  avoided, to be rid of, to be stamped into the ground and spat upon. They do not play with smart men. The only time women enjoy the feinting and out- maneuvering of men by other men is on the football field.
 In politics the sense of pleasure or angst is dependent on which political party the  people favor. If the smart man in power is supported by those observing or participating in the political process, he is, to their pleasure, engaged in nothing more than bold political maneuvering, but to those who do not support him, he is no more than a corrupt politician engaged in sleazy political gerrymandering.
 Some men will perhaps have a grand time debating and betting on the outcome of such issues, but  I am not so sure how women may  define and respond to the dealings of "smart" men who enter politics.