KHALLAS!i think this has gone on long enough without much constructive arguments from either for or against it. SS you are indeed entitled to your opinions and free to do as you please. The rest fall in the same category.
For those of you who dont understand the reason behind this discussion let me quote SS: "Do you feel that a woman ought to change her surname post-marriage?Doesn't that account for loss of identity?"
1. Its NOT a hard and fast rule for a woman to do so.
2. Its more of a tradition/custom dating back to god knows when.
3. A woman isnt going to be identified by her name, but by her deeds.
4. In a male dominated society where the husband is the sole bread winner and head of the house, a woman is being identified by being So and so's wife rather than he being called so and so's husband.
5. Change of name is also done for purpose of carrying on the husband's family name..again where we have society/tradition rules where the wife is supposed to leave her parents and live with her husband.
Further more we cannot sit here and decide that women who have changed their surnames to that of their husbands have no done it willingly. You'd want to change your surname too if you were called tigamamisulapuni :P
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
KHALLAS!i think this has gone on long enough without much constructive arguments from either for or against it. SS you are indeed entitled to your opinions and free to do as you please. The rest fall in the same category.
For those of you who dont understand the reason behind this discussion let me quote SS: "Do you feel that a woman ought to change her surname post-marriage?Doesn't that account for loss of identity?"
1. Its NOT a hard and fast rule for a woman to do so.
2. Its more of a tradition/custom dating back to god knows when.
3. A woman isnt going to be identified by her name, but by her deeds.
4. In a male dominated society where the husband is the sole bread winner and head of the house, a woman is being identified by being So and so's wife rather than he being called so and so's husband.
5. Change of name is also done for purpose of carrying on the husband's family name..again where we have society/tradition rules where the wife is supposed to leave her parents and live with her husband.
Further more we cannot sit here and decide that women who have changed their surnames to that of their husbands have no done it willingly. You'd want to change your surname too if you were called tigamamisulapuni :P
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
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