I found it shocking that
50% of Americans think that a woman should be legally obligated to change her name when she marries. I guess, despite my relatively high level of cynicism, I have yet to realize the degree to which American society likes to butt into other people's business. It's so depressing every time I realize that we suck.
"They said the mailman would get confused and that society wouldn’t function as well if women did not change their name,”
ReplyDeleteSeriously?!
Yes, because the mailman got so confused when I lived in a three bedroom house with five housemates.
ReplyDeleteIt's surprisingly difficult to find an actual copy of the study.
ReplyDelete"Mapping Gender Ideology with Views toward Marital Name Change"
- joc