Graduate Weddings, Inequality and the US Book “Marry Smart”
As you may have heard already, there’s a book that was published this year that has certainly made lots of waves.
The book “Marry Smart: Advice for Finding THE ONE” by Susan Patton has stirred so many people when it comes to graduate weddings and inequality.
There are so many things that can be taken from this book and we want to try here to take a look at both sides. Have you read this book already?
Well, we want to first take a look at what the book seems to want to convey to its readers. After that, we’ll take a look at what some others are saying about the book.
What is “Marry Smart” trying to share with us?
First of all, this is a book written based on the experience of one woman. As with most things in life, the experiences of one person can’t be the final verdict for everyone in the world. Even though this book is very candid in its approach to the topics of finding a mate and marriage, this is a book truly meant to uphold very traditional views on those topics as something of a reminder to the newer more liberal generation.
Three things this book is trying to help us to understand are:
• Women should find their mate while the most single and young males are available
• Women should find a way to attract men who are their intellectual and emotional equals
• Women should date with the idea of finding their mate on their mind and know how to spot the right guy in a sea of bad men
• Women should be totally satisfied with their roles as wife and mom
What are people saying about “Marry Smart”?
Well, the reviews are generally so mixed that it’s hard for any one particular opinion to be dominating on any of the review sites and social networks.
There are plenty of women who actually agree with the intent of this book even though they also find a lot of things wrong with the tone of which it’s written. Perhaps the problem overall that has sparked the controversy with this book is the tone of the writer Susan Patton.
There are also some men and women who tend to feel that this book makes it seem that only those who have college education should be together and this causes a lot of outrage as well. There are many people who don’t have college educations for many reasons out of their control.
Because of that, there are people who feel it’s quite discriminatory to suggest if the guy you come to love doesn’t have the same level of education as you that he isn’t the one for you.
We want to now open the floor for you. What do you think of this book? Does it embody all of your beliefs? Does it cause you to want to change the way you approach dating and relationships? Let us know. We would love to hear from you.