The world never tires of telling women what our marriages should look like — and that includes telling us whether or not we should change our last names after we marry. Women may make that choice based completely on personal preference, but it's…
And yet…..words carry meaning and power, and I strongly urge all of you to reconsider calling it a ‘maiden name’. Think about it, why don’t men have ‘bachelor names”? Why do only women get saddled with this societal, patriarchal crap of having to have society peg...