In a new book called "Committed," Elizabeth Gilbert, best-selling author of "Eat, Pray, Love," reveals her attitude toward making even small sacrifices for the sake of a relationship with a man. A review appearing in The Wall Street Journal, written by Meghan Cox Gurdon, describes the experience of Gilbert:
'She interviews her mother and friends about married life and learns that both husbands and wives need to make small personal sacrifices if the union is to succeed. This insight would seem stunningly self-evident to anyone who has ever tried to get along with anyone else, but it frightens Ms. Gilbert.
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The spectacle of a celebrity author publicly working herself around to a position that she has already taken may seem a trifle sophomoric and more than a little self-indulgent. But here Elizabeth Gilbert is, a re-married woman. It would be churlish not to wish her and "Felipe" every happiness.'
It is surprising that Gilbert, a woman who has previously been married, makes such a big deal about this matter. Or is her fussing about this instead a reflection of a message from radical feminists, who claim that "women can have it all?" Have modern American women, inspired by radical feminist doctrine, come to expect that they never need to compromise? Have we indulged, pampered, and coddled these women for so long, that they cannot stomach the notion of compromise? If so, what does this imply about the future divorce rate [assuming some men would want to marry such women]?
