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I think objectcreate has a lot of good points. Did you know in China almost no women change their last name to their husband's upon marriage (and it's been thi
by toephu2 9y ago
I think objectcreate has a lot of good points.
Did you know in China almost no women change their last name to their husband's upon marriage (and it's been this way long before feminism even became a thing in the West)?
Whereas today in the "progressive" West it is still expected that women change their last name to their husband's and most do.
- whooshee 9y agoYes, modern Chinese women would be offended if you call them Mrs (husband's surname)
- yorwba 9y agoBut children usually bear their father's surname, and if they don't, there's the assumption something's wrong with the father's side. (E.g. his name is not known, or they divorced before birth.) I think it is silly to try to compare across cultures by looking for the presence or absence of specific customs, because you'll always be biased by your awareness of practices in your own culture, and ignorance of those in a different culture.
- AlbertoGP 9y ago> Whereas today in the "progressive" West it is still expected that women change their last name to their husband's and most do. Not in Spain, where everyone keeps their last names and it was traditionally so before feminism. Children get two last names, traditionally the first from the father and then from the mother, but the order can be reversed.