Bariloche, Argentina
11 years ago
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- Kerry Kong
- I am a senior journalism student at Ohio University. I grew up in Hong Kong and lived in Seattle, WA for four years. I love traveling. I have visited several cities in Mainland China, Macau, Seoul in South Korea, Paris in France, some cities in Canada and the U.S. I am a student reporter at the University Communication and Marketing department. My goal is to become a travel journalist and make my own traveler Web site.
As a male who has been married for 31 years I do not believe that women should change their last names just because they are married. It occurs to me that changing the last name implies that the woman is no longer who she used to be and now becomes the "property" of the male. I feel that women should keep their single name and come up with other ways to indicate that she is married, such a wedding ring? This is a very american (USA) cultural value. In my country women keep their single name but add their husband last name to their last name also.
ReplyDeleteIt is very common for women to change their last names in the U.S.A. I will probably end up changing my last name out of tradition. I do not feel like the name alone implies that the woman is the male's property. I would not marry someone who treated me like I was inferior. I think that the changing of last names is something left over from history.
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