Male/Female Roles | Early Marriage May Not Be the Best Choice for Women

In the following viewpoint Jennifer L. Pozner challenges Danielle Crittenden’s contention in her book What Our Mothers Didn’t Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman that early marriage may benefit women. According to Pozner, Crittenden asserts that by the time a woman believes that she is mature enough to marry, she is no longer attractive to the opposite sex. Thus, Crittenden believes that a woman should marry before she loses her looks. However, according to Pozner, most men value women for more than just their looks. Thus, Pozner maintains that women should wait to...

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