"... and if I am going to be bossed around, I don't want that to be the reason. When it's come up, I have chosen not to get married. Over and over again, I have opted for my integrity and independence over what was easy or obvious. And I am happy. I don't want everyone to live like me, but I do expect educated and able-bodied women to be holding their own in the world of work."
Says Elizabeth Wurtzel, who's blaming the "war on women" on the "one percenters" and insisting that "real feminists" earn their own living, and proclaiming that there's " only one kind of equality... and it's economic."
She's irritating for about 10 reasons, including the fact/fiction that rich men are clamoring to marry her.
Friday, June 15, 2012
"For the longest time I would not date anyone who would now be called a one-percenter because money and power are such a potent combination..."
Labels:
careers,
economics,
Elizabeth Wurtzel,
feminism,
single-earner household,
wealth
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