Girl Fight! MSNBC’s S.E. Cupp Smacks Around Silly Feminists

While the whole political world is arguing about gay marriage, it’s still possible to start arguments about the regular old-fashioned kind: A 1977 alumna of Princeton University, Susan Patton, wrote a letter to the Daily Princetonian advising female students at her alma mater to take advantage of their opportunities to find themselves a good Princeton man to marry:

“For most of you, the cornerstone of your future and happiness will be inextricably linked to the man you marry, and you will never again have this concentration of men who are worthy of you.”

This helpful bit of motherly advice — Patton’s two sons are Princeton men — set off a firestorm of feminist fury, and MSNBC’s S.E. Cupp is telling the Angry Victims of Patriarchal Oppression to take a chill pill:

It is quite clear that Patton wants women to match up with men who share  their ambitious values.
Nevertheless, feminist commentators online — at Gawker, Jezebel, Slate and  elsewhere — took her to task. New York magazine’s Maureen O’Connor derided  Patton for an “excruciatingly retro understanding of relationships” and for  “pushing women to define themselves by their spouses.” . . .
[W]hat’s so subversive and “retro” about the idea of talented, ambitious young  women finding a suitable partner from a pool of talented, ambitious — and  geographically accessible — young men? Isn’t that what we do later when we try  dating someone from work, dating within our social circles or finding someone  online who meets our customized criteria of height, weight, hairline and income? . . .
Patton wasn’t telling women to put marriage ahead of their careers, but just  the opposite: to marry someone as smart as they are so that their careers and  personal lives can both blossom.

ViralRead supports the right of Princeton women to marry Princeton men, and we also support the right of feminists to make idiots of themselves by getting all bent out of shape about it. Either way, we’re stirring up trouble and popping the popcorn. Take your pick:

 

Click here to tweet: [Hey, @secupp, you go girl! Signed, the Non-Angry Majority #marriage]

Click here to tweet: [Grrr! How much is #MSNBC paying self-hater @secupp to sell out to the Patriarchy??]

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