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By such a definition any tradition related to gender would be sexist. The tradition is that the wife will change her name. This tradition is why it makes up the
by charcircuit 11mo ago
By such a definition any tradition related to gender would be sexist. The tradition is that the wife will change her name. This tradition is why it makes up the majority of cases.
- onesociety2022 11mo agoNot really - this “tradition” as you call it obviously started back in the day when women did not have equal rights in society and only the husband’s lineage mattered.
- meitham 11mo agoHow do you propose fixing that? Let the kids take both parents last names? In few generations you end with kids having their entire family tree as their last name! It might even make marrying within the tribe attractive again to keep last name single word!
- iknowstuff 11mo agoPortmanteaus
- onesociety2022 11mo agoFirst there’s absolutely no real reason for a spouse to change their name just because they got married. You can do hyphenated last names for a kid and let the kids decide what names they want to carry forward for the next generation. Or they can make up their own. The point is it’s up to them and they can choose whatever they want and not be coerced to do something because of some tradition that is rooted in sexism.
- kelnos 11mo agoNo, any tradition that favors one gender over the other is sexist. Which is absolutely the case with the tradition of women taking their husband's family name when they get married.
- 47282847 11mo agoAny tradition had to be introduced as new at some point. Matriarchies were a thing. And still are in some regions of the world.