Thank Your Wives, You Lucky Bastards!
Yesterday, the good folks at Pew put out a report about the “new economics” of marriage: Women are more likely than ever to earn more and have more education than their spouses.
The New York Times went into a tizzy about how this is terrible news for smart, successful women. But why does this have to be bad news? (I liked this posting complaining about the piece, too)
Maybe it’s time men started to really appreciate what we’re bringing to the table! Check out my analysis of the Pew report on the Huffington Post today.
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Dr. Christine B. Whelan is a professor, journalist and author. She is the author of Marry Smart: The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to True Love (Simon & Schuster, 2009) and Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women (Simon & Schuster, 2006).
Dr. Whelan is a visiting assistant professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Pittsburgh. She earned a masters and doctorate from the University of Oxford and has held teaching positions at the University of Iowa, and Princeton University in the Sociology and Politics departments. She has been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Post. She writes a bi-weekly relationship advice column for BustedHalo®, a young-adult website. She has appeared live on television programs and radio programs across the nation.
Dr. Whelan graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Princetonian and was awarded the Daniel M. Sachs Scholarship to attend Worcester College at the University of Oxford.
Until recently, Dr. Whelan, 32, was among the SWANS.® In 2007, she and her husband, Peter, were married in New York City. Currently, they live and work in Pittsburgh with their dictator cats, Chairman Meow and Evita Purrron.
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Dear Dr. Whelan :
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and Feminists everywhere for setting me free. I have no wife. Thanks to the efforts largely of Feminists the Charm Quotient of the female half of the species has taken a nose dive. In short beyond the obvious reasons I have no interest in women anymore. I know to many of your readers that will seem like a bad thing. Trust me when I tell you it isn’t. It’s empowering.
I can keep ALL my money and do exactly as I damn well please now.
Thanks again.
S.T.
Dear Dr.Whelan :
My apologies I forgot to ask you to convey my purrrrsss to Chairman Meow.
It’s nice to see that you have a sense of humor.
S.T.
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