Yeah I mean I understand OP is a lighthearted joke but the aggressive way Chinese language/culture demands I be aware of how I fit in a family tree is something I've never liked and always experienced as hostilehttps://twitter.com/jeannette_ng/status/1330728940646830082 …
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I was going to try for the argument that "the linguistic kinship system isn't inherently bad, it's the patriarchal attitudes mapped onto it," but that's probably a fruitless chicken/egg approach? (This video has a great kinship rundown: https://youtu.be/YOi2c2d3_Lk )
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Well it's not *necessarily* bad that women take their husband's surname in Western culture or that we make the "Miss/Mrs" distinction But a lot of people still don't like it
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