Any woman who takes her husband’s name is complicit in her own repression. The tradition signals that she is going from being her father’s property to being her husband’s property. Laws may have changed, people may argue that they are doing it for other reasons, but it’s all about the repression of women.
Any woman who takes her husband’s name is complicit in her own repression. The tradition signals that she is going from being her father’s property to being her husband’s property. Laws may have changed, people may argue that they are doing it for other reasons, but it’s all about the repression of women.