Most Americans think a woman's last name should automatically be changed to that of her husband's on marriage (subject to opt-out).
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my mother's decision to retain her own identity in the 70s is still radical even among my peers. baffling and frustrating
an implicit criticism in choice not to change one's name that people can defensively take against (think of the poor children!).
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Yes. But it's so strange that that's still the case, forty years after women first pointed out that it oughtn't to matter
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