Instead of women always taking their husband's last name or having the hypenated thing?
2007-03-22 04:29:20 · 16 answers · asked by trer 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Patriarchal society and a misguided idea of masculinity.
2007-03-22 04:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by me! 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's actually a really good question. I don't know. Maybe because that is just how it is. Tech. speaking, the man is the 'head of the house' unless there is a single man or woman. Once the two get married it is the man who is the 'head'. Also, everything is usually 'Mr. and Mrs. not the other way around.
OK, so I did a horrible job in answering your question. I'm sorry. I hope you get an answer you were looking for. Good luck.
Kristy
2007-03-22 11:36:43 · answer #2 · answered by Mrs. K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some men do.
Most people just go along with the way things have always been done. I believe it dates back to the time when women were more like property to be traded amongst the men.
2007-03-22 11:32:56 · answer #3 · answered by Maureen 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not 100% sure but I think it started as a custom in the Bible and we've just kept it up. It's not right or wrong to take his name or not take his name, if the man wants to take her name then so be it.
2007-03-22 11:35:43 · answer #4 · answered by suzyalexisandgabe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say that if a man is any kind of man then he is the head of the household and provider. Society doesn't expect a man to be supported by his wife, but rather he is expected to provide for the family. So to me it is a matter of respecting the way things are.
2007-03-22 12:02:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Custom
2007-03-22 11:32:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you know in China the man keeps his name, the wife keeps hers and the children take on their mother's last name.
2007-03-22 11:51:09 · answer #7 · answered by lily 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi,
i think the best answer to that is because it shows who will be a covering for that female. it shows who is responsible for her well-being. women who have their fathers last names shows that their fathers are responsible for them. now for the women who have their fathers last names and their fathers are no longer around (death,divorce, separation,ect) they are still identified as being the fathers responsibility that the father does not or can not accept. when a woman marries a man, she is given his last name because it shows that now that is married it is no longer daddy's responsibility to care for her but the husbands! its not ownership but it an agreement that he will care for her and that she accepts his care.
example: before i got married, everything i needed i went to mama and daddy for. for love, money, acceptance, encouragement, ect. when i got married it became my husbands responibilty to give me what i needed, which meant i had to give up my last name and accept his because now i go to my husband for all of my needs. the bible tells us that the husband is the head of the wife, not the wife the head of the husband. so it is not her responsiblity to provide for him, her responisbility is to be a help to him. i hope that i have been of some help to you.
be blessed
2007-03-22 11:42:42 · answer #8 · answered by CUDDLESCUTIE 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why but I don't think we should have too. That is one reason why I will not marry. I would like to know that too.
2007-03-22 11:43:42 · answer #9 · answered by Dayla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because most gay men don't marry women.
2007-03-22 11:39:46 · answer #10 · answered by bluemist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋