In what seems like a throwback to the 1960s or earlier, Susan Patton wrote a Wall Street Journal article titled, "A Little Valentine's Day Straight Talk - Young women in college need to smarten up and start husband-hunting."Back in my own college days, a joke circulated: When a young coed is asked if she's pursuing her MS, she replies, "No, I'm here for my Mrs." It wasn't particularly amusing decades ago, and is distinctly unfunny today. So, when I read this anachronistic headline, I had to check to see if I'd accidentally clicked through to The Onion instead of WSJ.com,Patton is promoting a new book on marriage, so perhaps she thought a little controversy would be a good thing for book sales. (Remember the Asian Tiger Mom?)Her key thesis:"College is the best place to look for your mate. It is an environment teeming with like-minded, age-appropriate single men with whom you already share many things. You will never again have this concentration of exceptional men to choose from."That statement could be made gender-neutral and be quite valid. Putting aside the question of whether marriage at 21 or so is the best approach, both men and women are likely to never again be a part of such a large, similarly-aged, single, smart, and ambitious population.So why does Patton single out women?She thinks delaying marriage until one is professionally established disadvantages women more than men. Men, she says, can seek out younger partners while women are less able to do so. Men, she claims, often find younger women less challenging and more attractive. (Hmmm, maybe college women should be scrutinizing that population of professionally established single males instead of their wet-behind-the-ears classmates...)What do you think? Controversial crazy-talk? A kernel of truth? Here's the article: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303496804579369420198599600