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Newly married Ashlee Simpson is changing her name to Ashlee Wentz in honor of her husband, Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz.

"I think that that's something that a woman should do when they're marrying a man," she tells PEOPLE. "It's a tradition that I think is a great tradition."

Seriously? A great tradition? You mean the tradition which declares that a woman who has been her father's property now becomes her husbands' property, that tradition? The one that says a woman's identity should depend on her husband?

I just lost what little respect I had for Ashlee Simpson. And the fact that Pete Wentz seems to think it's a great idea, something that gratifies him, makes me think a lot less of him as well.

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I kept my name when I was married, and I dealt with a lot of raised eyebrows and snide comments. My mail would often be addressed to me with my husband's last name anyway. Especially checks, so that I'd have to sign it that way to cash them. It was very frustrating.

Words - names - are very powerful. I just could never see giving up my identity like that. A lot of women I respect think differently, as is their right, but that's how I see it.