Author Topic: Taking wifes name (Read 4530 times)

PereJoseph · « **Reply #15 on:** June 13, 2012, 09:37:27 AM »

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Mine is Iran and the wife keeps her family name here.

Ah, perfect. Another example of a non-feminist culture wherein the woman keeps her father's family name.

I think that there are various reasons related to testamentary law to justify this custom, whereas obviously feminism is an evil motivation.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #16 on:** June 13, 2012, 07:36:17 PM »

Why not both names with a hyphen? but it is just a name. It is what you put behind that name.Quality goes in before the name goes on.

PereJoseph · « **Reply #17 on:** June 15, 2012, 03:23:13 PM »

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Why not both names with a hyphen? but it is just a name. It is what you put behind that name.Quality goes in before the name goes on.

Why ? Both the mother and the children belong to the household of the father, thus the children bear the name of their father. Why would they take the family name of their mother ? Even in Hispanophone places, where children take the name of both their parents, they only take the name of their maternal grandfather's household, never their maternal grandmother.

Nadir · « **Reply #18 on:** June 15, 2012, 05:00:19 PM »

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That was me! Forgot to tick the box.

I’m guessing you’re not from Australia, so would you mind spelling out which country is yours? Somewhere in the Middle East, perhaps?

The little red white and blue flag shows where I am from. What makes you guess that I am not from Australia?

Nadir · « **Reply #19 on:** June 15, 2012, 05:08:52 PM »

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Well, in some places, it was never the custom to take the man's name, such as in mediaeval France in some areas or else China.

Include Italy on that list along with Iran.

ggreg · « **Reply #20 on:** June 16, 2012, 02:13:00 AM »

Ah yes, Italy that Traditional hotbed of bar burning and dowdy women.

In Britain until recent it was not uncommon for a wife to be called, Mrs. Mark Smith when annouced or being written to, a gas bill for example.

These things vary around the world.

Nadir · « **Reply #21 on:** June 16, 2012, 05:08:58 AM »

I was wondering if the practice of the Italian woman keeping her own name after marriage began 150 years ago when the republic was established. Anyone know?

Author Topic: Taking wifes name (Read 4530 times)

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