Feminism | Posted by Julie Z on 07/9/2009
Apparently, marrying for money is okay…and feminist!
to marry for money…
I feel like I’m back in my modern world history class writing a paper about how the decline of the economy of some society led to their moral and ethical corruption. Except it’s real life. And it’s our society. Sad.
Jessica Wakeman wrote an article on CNN making an argument for marrying for money. And is touting it as feminist. In-ter-esting. While I kind of appreciate her no bullshit approach to this topic, especially in this economic climate, I find her argument flawed. Surprise, surprise.
What I think is valuable about her argument (her words in bold):
“Maybe this isn’t ‘feminist,’ but logically, I need to marry a guy who makes more money than I do — preferably a lot…
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