I'm sure that this is reason number something on the list of why my mother is against the institution of marriage.
The percentage of women marrying who take their husband's name has gone up over the last twenty years, but I think it's because the women who would previously have kept their name simply aren't marrying their partners anymore.
Catherine Deveney, a columnist and professional ranter, wrote a column/rant on how stupid/patricarchal/out-dated/sexist it is that women take their husbands' names. The backlash she got was extraordinary. Men calling talk back and saying "I told my wife she didn't have to take my name when we married" which just proved her point.
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The percentage of women marrying who take their husband's name has gone up over the last twenty years, but I think it's because the women who would previously have kept their name simply aren't marrying their partners anymore.
Catherine Deveney, a columnist and professional ranter, wrote a column/rant on how stupid/patricarchal/out-dated/sexist it is that women take their husbands' names. The backlash she got was extraordinary. Men calling talk back and saying "I told my wife she didn't have to take my name when we married" which just proved her point.