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"   From the moment &amp;quot;Princeton Mom&amp;quot; Susan A. Patton advised female Princeton undergraduates to get their MRS degrees before it was &amp;quot;too late&amp;quot; (a.k.a. before they turn a wizened, grizzled old thirty-something), we knew that the book deal was inevitable. And, sigh, here it is: An imprint of Simon &amp;amp;amp; Schuster will be publishing  SMARTEN UP!: Words of Wisdom from the Princeton Mom. According to the press release, it&amp;#039;ll cover Patton&amp;#039;s typical territory and &amp;quot;delve into how marriage and motherhood have become thought of as the antithesis of modern womanhood, the heartbreak women may face if they delay marriage and motherhood... She will confront realities including the limited number of years women can bear children and how the current hook-up culture diminishes women&amp;#039;s self-esteem.&amp;quot; Patton&amp;#039;s mantra is familiar to those of us who often read polemics from GOP pundits who prize &amp;quot;the family unit&amp;quot; above everything else: She acts like traditional marriage and childbearing has actually become discouraged in the last few decades in favor of workaholism and Leaning In (which may be true in educated, wealthy liberal areas of America) but fails to acknowledge that the majority of the country \u2014 not to mention the mass media \u2014 still runs rampant with sexism, pressure on women to get married young, and extreme reproductive rights restrictions. I mean, basically, she&amp;#039;s actually fighting against the comparatively TINY movement to normalize women who happen to prize their careers over finding a significant other and becoming a babymaker. Or, as Patton puts it: &amp;quot;To avoid an unwanted life of spinsterhood with cats, you have to smarten up about what&amp;#039;s important to you.&amp;quot; Look, It&amp;#039;s wrong to make a value judgment on any choice a woman makes about her personal life, whether it&amp;#039;s prioritizing career over marriage or marriage over career. I don&amp;#039;t judge women who take the June Cleaver route \u2014 so why am I being judged by people like Susan A. Patton for choosing to be a so-called &amp;quot;spinster?&amp;quot; The unstated implication being: What&amp;#039;s important to you should be to find a husband. Sorry, Susan \u2014 not only is that the last thing on my mind right now, but for casual sex to diminish your self-esteem, you had to have bad self-esteem in the first place. As far as I&amp;#039;m concerned, casual sex is the most fun you can have without laughing. Follow Anna on Twitter. Images via Getty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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