Susan Patton, a graduate of Princeton University and author of “Marry Smart” encourages women to find a life partner in college. She is challenged by news reporter Kelly Wallace. While Patton argues women should be spending 75% of their time in college finding a husband, Kelly rebuts this with her own argument. “I wondered if her delivery, and her words, are doing more to set modern women back” (Wallace). Adding to this, Kelly asks, “Haven’t we come a long way, baby, from the days when a woman’s only focus was marriage and motherhood?” She largely disagrees with Patton’s argument towards 18 year old women in college. Modern women can have a successful career along with marriage and motherhood as well. Patton’s popular line that argues women should only spend 25% of their time in college actually focusing on a career path raises a question for Kelly. “How is that not setting women back professionally in terms of their future careers?” (Wallace). Kelly wants modern women to continue to believe they have the choice to take any path they wish, and not to rethink their lives over the fear of not having time to build a family.
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For example, Patton tells young women that men in college are as equally bright as they are, so in turn this is the ideal place to find a mate. Kelly responds to this with, “had I married any of my boyfriends in college, I’d be divorced”. In extension to this testimony she states, “it’s also very important for women to find what they want because their marriage could end; 50% of marriages end in divorce” (Wallace). In regard to Kelly’s personal life, she tells the story of her seeing an ad in a magazine when she was younger that showed a 40 year old women with a line saying, “I forgot to have kids”. Kelly’s successful job in the news field and her marriage at 36 years of age is perfect evidence against Patton’s argument that you can’t wait forever to get
For example, Patton tells young women that men in college are as equally bright as they are, so in turn this is the ideal place to find a mate. Kelly responds to this with, “had I married any of my boyfriends in college, I’d be divorced”. In extension to this testimony she states, “it’s also very important for women to find what they want because their marriage could end; 50% of marriages end in divorce” (Wallace). In regard to Kelly’s personal life, she tells the story of her seeing an ad in a magazine when she was younger that showed a 40 year old women with a line saying, “I forgot to have kids”. Kelly’s successful job in the news field and her marriage at 36 years of age is perfect evidence against Patton’s argument that you can’t wait forever to get