Name Changing
via snailprincess, What Women's Lib?:Some 70 percent of the respondents in a new study feel [women] should also take their spouse’s surname - and 50 percent say that it should be a legal requirement for a woman to take her spouse’s last name. [emphasis mine]
When the respondents were asked why they felt women should change their name after the wedding, Hamilton says, “They told us that women should lose their own identity when they marry and become a part of the man and his family. This was a reason given by many.”
When the respondents were asked why they felt women should change their name after the wedding, Hamilton says, “They told us that women should lose their own identity when they marry and become a part of the man and his family. This was a reason given by many.”