The practice of assuming your husband’s name was birthed in a deeply patriarchal society, and centuries later, the tradition still stands. Believe it or not, the practice of a woman taking her husband’s last name is a vestige of a law that dates back to the 11th century.
Under English common law, coverture asserted that once married, a woman’s identity was “covered” by her husband. From the moment of her marriage, a woman was known as a “feme covert” or covered woman; she and her husband essentially became one. With her identity essentially erased under the law of coverture, women could not own property or enter into contracts on their own. Husbands had complete control over their wives, legally and financially. More alarmingly, the law limited a woman’s recourse in rape and domestic violence cases, and they had no legal rights over their children.
Since women are no longer considered property of their husbands, many women are opting not to change their last names. The process is rather complicated and can cause a lot of confusion, so it's simpler not to have to deal with that process.
back in the day a woman taking her husband name meant she was his propriety. (but it's an old stuff that came from the middle age of something) before the woman was the property of her father and after she become the propriety of her husband (so she change her name).
Nowadays it doesn't have the same meaning but the first meaning was this one so I guess it's for this reasons they don't want to take it.
In Mexico we use the last name of both our parents. You can see that someone is called Pedro Martinez Garza. The first one Martinez is the fathers last name and the second one Garza is the mothers last name. Often a married woman would use her last name followed by the last name of her husband, so she always keeps her last name. But I do have to mention that before the husbands last name, they use the word 'de' which means 'of'. So in the USA it would look something like Rachel Smith of Adams. But it is not a legal thing that you need to change IDs or anything else.
Because that would imply that feminists actually get married to men. Lesbians, transmen, and manginas don't count.
But you are right that their last name is just their father's. They should do what the radical black SJW's do and just change their last name to a letter. But instead of "X," they can be double X.
Personally, I think marriage is antiquated. I almost got married myself, and honestly, I doubt it would've lasted more than three years had she not passed away. I loved her, but I'm not sure how much she truly loved me.
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It's really the only things feminists have ever done to help men, albeit unintentionally. If a woman won't enthusiastically take her husband's name when they get married, that is the clearest signal a man can be given that he is marrying the wrong woman. Any man with a brain and a shred of self respect will dump her then and there.
Thank you, feminism.
Odd thing. One feminist girl I know in particular. She's on her second marriage. First marriage she took his name even tho she was ardently against it before marriage. Gets a divorce.
Marries another guy. Doesn't take his name. Cheats on her husband. Still married to the guy. Her first marriage she didn't cheat, but the man she cheated on also happens to be the man she wouldn't take his name.
In my opinion it's a respect thing. She just doesn't honor her man.
I don’t think it’s just about feminists, my country - Georgia is Eastern Orthodox Christian dominated and many people are quite traditional, however, not a single woman takes a husband’s last name and husbands are happy with it.
I was raised this way and I don’t see a problem in it to keep my own last name, to be honest I’d feel sad if I was demanded to change it, because that’s not normal in the country where I am from.
There's only the struggle against the patriarchy. Their purpose for marrying is to get close to the enemy so they can do the most damage. Harming boys is a plus.
Taking his name is small potatoes. She wants to take him to the cleaners in the inevitable upcoming divorce. That's why an increasing number of men look overseas in the Orient and Latin America. They are far less likely to be infected with Feminist Derangement Syndrome.
Maybe because they are happy with keeping their maiden name. I mean would you take your wife’s name? That’s a question that seems kind of one sided. And for the record, I CHOSE to take my husband’s name.
Cuz she is a feminist and she has to be against everything related to manish topics even if it is not logical she has to race or organize competitions between two genders lol But this leads to two different gender hate each other if they do these kind of things.
It's not a feminist thing, here is actually the law, and has been since the military fascist regime from WW2.
It's a thing useful to protect certain assets from the spouses' families, so only the children can inherit.
They don't take it because they are already planning to sabotage the relationship or they know they will ruin the relationship so there's no point in taking his name
Either way they are screwed.
They take their husband's last name, or they keep the last name given to them by their father (another male).
I guess the hyphen was the attempt at feminists taking stock of maintaining their original name pre husband.
Also different levels of feminists like any movement
Nothing says "smash the patriarchy" quite like refusing to part with your father's name, which is pretty ironic considering how many of the most vitriolic feminists seem to have grown up with daddy issues.
What in the world is a feminist?
Who decides?
My ex is a feminist.
We are divorced. She is remarried. . .
guess who's last name she uses?
Mine.
Ahhhh... I love the irony you captured here, its funny.
No seriously changing your name around is a huge pain for women. I mean you got to change everything from drivers licenses to bank accounts. So for me as long as we are agreed that if we have any sons that they get my last name and daughters can have hers, I am find with her keeping her own last name. But I will not do hyphened last names or make our kids have both or two last names. I just don't believe in that.
I don't know, but if my wife ever tried pulling this the wedding would be off. Why? this is a great sign of how cooperative and flexible she's going to be for the rest of your life. Run James, run!
Why do anti feminists always force or tell women what to do?
if a woman wants to work, she has the right to work.
if a woman wants to keep her last name, she has the choice to keep her last name.
quit acting like men can boss women around and go fuck off
Any man that marries a feminist is a sico and isn't a man anymore
One good reason is that it's a pain in the ass. Another is that she may already be well known.
Most of the hardcore feminists are not marrrying, or at least they are not marrying men.
Everybody deserves their own identity, women have been oppressed longer than anybody can remember hell they couldn't even vote till 1920. Let them have this actually it's more progressive for a guy to take his wife's last name and who really cares anyway if you're marrying her because you love her.. what the f*** does popular opinion have to do with anything?
The real question should be why feminists marry or marry a male and not only and exclusively women.
I think it depends on the cultural background of the couple, I know a family and the wife was already a doctor when she married, and rather than have to pay tons of money to redo all of her certificates with the new last name, she chose just to keep her last name, which is fine, but it’s stupid if you’re doing it just to make a point
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