Should Women Have To Change Their Last Names?
Written by wdkxwp on February 26, 2019
The Wake Up Club brewed some HOT tea this morning! If you missed it, here’s the gist…
A recent study in Gender Issues (2017) surveyed more than 1,200 Americans and revealed that:
- More than 70% of Americans believe that a woman should take the husband’s last name in marriage
- More than half of Americans think its should be a government requirement!
Meaning women would no longer have the choice to change their names or not. Hmmmm….. I don’t know about all that!
In the end, the Portland State University sociology professor who conducted the study, Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, found,
“‘Among women and highly educated men, women’s surname choice seems to have little effect on their perceptions of women as a wife or the standards to which she is held in marriage.’ Low-educated men, however, thought a woman who chose a different last name from her husband’s was less committed to the marriage and that her husband would be more justified in filing for a divorce…”
Interesting results…
Let’s keep the conversation going. Tell us your opinions on marriage and surnames!
