Half of American Adults Think It Should Be Illegal for Married Women to Keep Their Last Names

[NCTraveler]

The reason why is infuriating.

Hi, my name is Meredith Bodgas. I've loved my husband, Paul, of nearly nine years since we were just middle school students. We have a two-and-a-half-year-old little boy, Jeremy, about whom we care deeply. I'm currently working from home as my son, who was too sick to go to daycare, naps, and I had to reschedule multiple meetings as a result. Paul has a regular day at the office and didn't have to cancel a thing today. But according to a significant amount of my fellow Americans I clearly care more about myself than my family, all because I didn't change my name when Paul and I had a wedding.

A study published in Gender Issues in January 2017 looked at earlier research as to why 70 percent of Americans believe women should take their husbands' last names, and why a whopping 50 percent believe the law should require that. To determine people's views of wives who keep their last names, respondents were told a made-up story about a woman, Carol, who'd been working extra hours in hopes of getting promoted. Her husband, Bill Cook, felt "burdened" because he had to do more than his typical share of housework as a result. The participants were then asked how many days per week Bill should accept Carol working late and how justified he'd be if he filed for divorce (LOL). The catch: Bill Cook's wife's last name changed depending on the sample group. She was Carol Cook to some, Carol Sherman-Cook to others and (gasp!) Carol Sherman to the rest.

The result? Carol's last name didn't sway women and better-educated men one way or the other. But, as researcher Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, a sociology professor at Portland State University, wrote in her study, "Less educated men feel that a woman who didn’t take her husband’s name should be forgiven for fewer days late than a woman who has the same last name as her husband’s. And they believe that the woman’s husband would be more justified in divorcing her for her perceived neglect of the marriage (as measured through repeated lateness)."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/family-relationships/half-of-american-adults-think-it-should-be-illegal-for-married-women-to-keep-their-last-names/ar-AAmHPcp?li=BBnb7Kz

[dembotoz]

1. who needs the taliban

[Cirque du So-What]

2. I'd like to see a Venn diagram

People who believe this shit and tRump voters. Bet it would be a nearly complete intersection.

[Initech]

3. "Less Educated Men" are the lion share of Trump voters!

[crazycatlady]

4. I'd like to see this broken down by religious attendance

[mythology]

5. As a single guy who changed his last name

It was a giant pain in the ass. If I manage to get some woman with poor enough taste in men to marry me, I'd encourage her to keep her last name for simplicity's sake.

Plus as my mom proved by not changing her name, you can easily toss any mail addressed to Mrs guy's last name out as junk mail. It's a great time saver.