Women who don't take their husband's name

[Lamb]

A few years ago it had become a trend for women to not take their husband's name (not everyone was doing this, but it was becoming popular). What do you think when you see that a couple has two last names? Why aren't women wanting their husband's name?

 

[tango]

I know this is a very specific situation but I know a couple where she didn't take his last name when they married. The reason was simple - she had earned a PhD in her maiden name and if she took a new name she would cease to be "Dr ..."

I'd hope things would have changed since then, but it seemed like a good reason to not change her name. It doesn't seem hugely unreasonable to either reissue the doctorate in a married name (or indeed a name changed for any other reason) but at the time it wasn't an option for her.

 

[Josiah]

A few years ago it had become a trend for women to not take their husband's name (not everyone was doing this, but it was becoming popular). What do you think when you see that a couple has two last names? Why aren't women wanting their husband's name?

I usually ASSUME they aren't married.

But yeah, sometimes it's just a case of the woman still using the surname she had before. No problem. WHY some do that? I don't know.


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[Forgiven1]

I understand it when a woman is known with her maiden name in some sort of profession such as doctors and lawyers though some would use the maiden name for the job and the husband's name for other areas of their lives.

I think part of the reason women were refusing to take their husband's name was they felt it patriarchal and that they were not "owned" by their husband. This seemed to be the case for my sister-in-law.

When I see two different last names, I tend to think that the woman at least is on the liberal side. This is true for my SIL.