My parents are both physicians. When they married they were still working in the same clinic. They both kept their own last names. Their reasoning? To avoid confusion for the patients. As for us kids, well, we're stuck with an awfully long hyphenated last name. Makes me wonder why us children got both names and not just one side. Personally I never really thought of the whole last name thing too much, let alone realize that there was a feminist tag to it. The most I've thought about it was to decide to take a future husband's last name if only for the sake of convenience. Now I know that's a pretty stupid reason. This post is something to think about. Thanks for sharing. :)
I wonder if it's appropriate to add my too cents?
Makes me wonder why us children got both names and not just one side. Personally I never really thought of the whole last name thing too much, let alone realize that there was a feminist tag to it. The most I've thought about it was to decide to take a future husband's last name if only for the sake of convenience. Now I know that's a pretty stupid reason.
This post is something to think about. Thanks for sharing. :)