2006-09-02 19:00:20 · 17 answers · asked by Marcelle S 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Probably it started when men owned their wife. Now it's tradition.
2006-09-02 19:02:11 · answer #1 · answered by ElectroMagneticLight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont have to but its alot easier. When It comes to signing stuff, a mr and mrs works. Plus when kids come along what will they have for the last name. And it traditional, dating WAY back in the B.C.- When a woman from one country would be known has Girl from Country A, she then gets married and in known has Girl from Country B.
2006-09-02 19:03:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tradition.
2006-09-02 19:02:04 · answer #3 · answered by sweet.pjs1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they just follow tradition. Some women prefer to hypenate their last name with their husband's name. For example, if a woman's last name is Henderson, and her husband's last name is Smith, then they would say Henderson-Smith. Personally, I don't like it, and I would never do it myself. Then again I'm on the other side of the railroad tracks...
2006-09-02 19:04:41 · answer #4 · answered by TruthSeeker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the proper way is for a woman to join a man in marriage and not vice versa. Liberals, or course, will disagree with this, but they're the reason the world is in such a mess and divorce is nearly 50 per cent.
"I now pronounce you man and wife" was the formula for success for centuries. When it became "husband and wife" thanks to liberals and feminists, that's when the family became destroyed and we're losing our country because of it.
Now I know that liberals won't appreciate my saying this, but I nevertheless say it according to my right of Freedom of Speech.
2006-09-02 19:04:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tradition, legal name change to not confuse anyone, I am proud of being Mrs..... that means that legally and otherwise I am his
2006-09-02 19:04:40 · answer #6 · answered by twelfntwelf3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They want to have the same last name as their children and husband.
2006-09-02 19:05:26 · answer #7 · answered by aQTinMVny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the leave the control of their father to the control of their husband
formaly this was teh power of life and death, then we moved the doctrine of one person two bodies
2006-09-02 19:04:29 · answer #8 · answered by brinlarrr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tradition and for the most part are happy to carry their man's last-name
2006-09-02 19:03:03 · answer #9 · answered by murkymom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because women should submit to their husbands and this includes taking his name.
2006-09-02 19:03:01 · answer #10 · answered by Mark C 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋