Reviews

"High-achieving women in their 20s and 30s often worry that their fat salaries and high IQs are big relationship turnoffs, says author Christine Whelan. But while that may once have been true, Whelan writes, SWANS (Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse) needn't worry because today's young smart guys truly dig young smart women." —The Chicago Tribune ▶ [Read the full article]

"Conventional wisdom aside, high-achieving women are just as likely to get married as all other women, Christine Whelan '99, author of "Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women," said in a talk about her book at the U-Store Wednesday night." —The Daily Princetonian ▶ [Read the full article]

"SWANS: Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse, according to Christine Whelan, author of Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women. She contends that the current, enlightened generation of men is not put off by women with brains and careers, and SWANS shouldn't believe otherwise." —The Globe and Mail ▶ [Read the full article]

"Her book is full of the testimony of young women who hide or play down their degrees, job titles or salaries to keep men from fleeing the room." —The Chicago Tribune ▶ [Read the full article]

"She found that successful, well-educated young women marry at the same rates as all other women--maybe just a little later--and that their income and their education may, in fact, make them more attractive." —The Austin-American Statesman ▶ [Read the full article]

"'Whelan says young women should not turn away from pursuing higher education out of fear that they won't get married, as the opposite is true. It is good news that they are figuring out new ways to achieve their educational and family goals.'" —National Review Online ▶ [Read the full article]

"'While there are certainly some men who want a woman to play fetch for them, the majority of men, and certainly the ones we would want to date, are definitely looking to volley with an equal,' says Christine Whelan, author of the new book Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women. As children of egalitarian baby boomer moms and dads hit their 20s and 30s, high-achieving women now marry at the same rate as others, they just do so a few years later. " —USA TODAY ▶ [Read the full article]

"... Those who are yearning for some real data on what life is like for contemporary "career women" won't have to wait [too long] ... Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women ... gathers in one place all the most recent facts about men, women, education, achievement, and marriage." —The American Prospect blog, TAPPED ▶ [Read the full review]

"Women in your 30s, you may remove the duct tape from your windows. Maureen Dowd, you may sit down and shut up. Well-educated and successful women (or SWANS, for "Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse") are not more likely to die in a terrorist attack, be struck by lightning or be eaten by sharks than find a husband after a certain age... And Whelan should know: The sister has more degrees than a thermometer and a wedding in the works. " —Boston's Weekly Dig ▶ [Read the full review]

"These [outdated] assumptions are enough to make a woman want to trade in her pumps for a pair of flip-flops. But hang on, my goal-oriented sisters. There's a new book out that says that all the talk about men preferring to marry down is a whole lot of hooey." —The Philadelphia Daily News ▶ [Read the full article]

"... an absolutely excellent book. It is essential reading for teenage girls struggling with their own feelings and thoughts and the perception that they have to dumb themselves down in order to seek validation, attention and approval from guys. It is also essential reading for women in their 20s and 30s that need that extra boost that yes, they did the best thing for themselves and they will be rewarded with the best guys possible whom will treat them like the queens that they are. " —Blogger News Network ▶ [Read the full review]

" Remember that infamous 1986 Newsweek article declaring that a single, college-educated 40-year-old woman had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than of ever getting married? This summer the magazine retracted the story, admitting they were wrong. Christine Whelan, Ph.D., already knew that." —Today's Chicago Woman -- full page feature with Q & A ▶ [Read the full review]

"'It is high time that we liberated successful young women from this fear that they won't be able to excel in their careers and also have a very successful personal life,' Whelan said." —Iowa City Press Citizen ▶ [Read the full review]

" In a chatty yet authoritative voice, Whelan couples hard statistical data with conversations with high-achieving women--single, dating and married--in major metropolitan areas, as well as with smaller numbers of high-achieving men." —BustedHalo.com ▶ [Read the full review]

"You're a single, well-educated, successful woman. You're having trouble meeting the right guy. Your friends tell you the problem is that you intimidate men. Christine B. Whelan has some advice for you in her new book released today: stop listening to your friends." —The Daily Texan ▶ [Read the full review]

"Christine Whelan, PhD, author of the new book 'Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women,' ... takes to task the myth surrounding high-achieving women and marriage: namely, that being personally and professionally satisfied is--statistically speaking--mutually exclusive. It's not, claims Whelan. She wants all of the career-oriented women out there--whom she's dubbed 'SWANS' (Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse)--to know two things: 1) You WILL get married. Just later. 2) Men do NOT want to marry the maid. " —AM New York ▶ [Read the full article]