Fear Not, Smart Women ; Authors Rebut Career-or-Marriage Theory
The Washington Times › November 16, 2006
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Those who say that men don't like women with brains and careers are misleading women, says New York columnist Christine B. Whelan, author of "Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women," published this year.
Ms. Whelan, 29, says she wrote the book, in part, to respond to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd's claim in her 2005 book "Are Men Necessary?" that success decreases a woman's chance for marriage.See the full content of this document
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Fear Not, Smart Women ; Authors Rebut Career-or-Marriage Theory
"This isn't good news," Ms. Whelan said about reading the book when she was single and had just finished her doctoral degree in economic and social history. "The social scientist in me knew better than to accept this conventional wisdom without doing research of m...
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