women keeping their maiden name
#1
Posted 27 November 2001 - 02:45 PM
to me, this is insane. my husband shouldn't expect me to change my last name, my entire identity, and take on his. what's wrong with my own?
#2
Posted 27 November 2001 - 04:03 PM
Kids staf
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#3
Posted 10 May 2002 - 05:53 AM
the loss of identity?
"a rose by any other name smells the same"
#4
Posted 10 May 2002 - 07:32 AM
#5
Posted 10 May 2002 - 09:32 AM
The problem was how she and her family approached my surname and my family background. Although my Armenian surname was associated with great works, that was not the surname we went by. She and her family were not at all concerned with the history of MY family. I was considered beneath them despite my family's glorious past.
So, what is critical is not whether your wife will change her name or not but whether there is atwo-way respect for one another's family.
#6
Posted 10 May 2002 - 12:38 PM
she charge her name. I have heard that
its alot easier legalwise, that is for
wifes and children to collect insurance
monies and the husband's property.
if the wife gives up her last name.
#7
Posted 10 May 2002 - 02:31 PM
[ May 10, 2002, 03:32 PM: Message edited by: koko ]
#8
Posted 10 May 2002 - 05:05 PM
If two people get married, we may have to take their corresponding numbers and find the Least Common Multiple or something like that. Maybe even multiply it by a specific prime number to make it trully unique. Of course for Armenians, we'll just add 'ian' to the end.
So to answer the question, I don't think names are too important as long as each individual has a unique identifier.
[ May 10, 2002, 06:08 PM: Message edited by: Sip ]
#9 Guest_Fadi_*
Posted 10 May 2002 - 05:14 PM
If two people get married, we may have to take their corresponding numbers and find the Least Common Multiple or something like that. Maybe even multiply it by a specific prime number to make it trully unique. Of course for Armenians, we'll just add 'ian' to the end.
#10
Posted 10 May 2002 - 06:27 PM
#11
Posted 10 May 2002 - 06:31 PM
#12
Posted 12 May 2002 - 01:41 PM
Originally posted by Sip:
To clarify, if I were the father, I wouldn't feel any different than if they used "my" last name. I think Thoth also said the same thing (i.e. doesn't matter which name is used).
#13
Posted 12 May 2002 - 10:14 PM
and he is the liberal one.
#14
Posted 13 May 2002 - 03:40 PM
Originally posted by Sip:
If two people get married, we may have to take their corresponding numbers and find the Least Common Multiple or something like that. Maybe even multiply it by a specific prime number to make it trully unique. Of course for Armenians, we'll just add 'ian' to the end.
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#15
Posted 14 May 2002 - 05:22 PM
#16
Posted 04 July 2007 - 07:10 PM
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#17
Posted 04 July 2007 - 09:26 PM
#18
Posted 04 July 2007 - 09:47 PM
#19
Posted 04 July 2007 - 11:41 PM
If we're going to ask this question, then we should also ask why offspring must inherit the father's last name?
Imagine the length of last names if both the mother's and father's last names were kept:
+ After 2 generations, each last name would consist of 4 names.
+ After 10 generations (~300 years), each last name would consist of 1024 names! (1024 == 2^10)
+ After 20 generations (~600 years), each last name would consist of 1,000,000 names! (~ 2^20)
So it's a practical issue. But in places like the U.S. where women are also professionals then this issue is coming up. At large corporations, it's not uncommon to find hyphenated last names on women, particularly women who are middle managers (and other high-visibility positions)...
In the rest of the world where most women don't have to work, this is a non-issue and women gladly take on the name of their husbands (who wouldn't? your husband's enabling you to not work, and what's taking on his last name?)...
Edited by Shahan Araradian, 04 July 2007 - 11:44 PM.
#20
Posted 05 July 2007 - 12:13 AM
"Don't have to work"? Don't you mean "aren't allowed to work"? Also kind of strange that you split the world into "places like US" and "the rest". Shahan, I often wonder about your rather strange perception of the world. Even in places like China, Japan, Iran, and India that are not much like "the US" women work... and not just because they "have" to.
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