On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:01:49 -0700 (PDT), Sanne
> wrote:

>Am Donnerstag, 30. August 2018 11:45:42 UTC+2 schrieb Ophelia:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>
>>
>> If I could I'd pass a law that girls can't change their name when they
>> marry... I can't understand why women get to change their name when
>> they marry, that makes no sense whatsoever to me... it's like when
>> women marry they die. That's like when American women marry they
>> are autimatically converted to being mooslim. I think in America
>> women should keep their birth name for their entire life, otherwise
>> women become chatel. Makes no sense that women do that hyphenated BS.
>> keep your birth name the same as men, otherwis you are lower than
>> human. When I see women with hyphenated names I think insects, larva.
>>
>> ==
>>
>> We don't have to change our name if we don't want to. It's our choice.
>
>It was the law here in Germany to change my name when we got married;
>putting my maiden name first was the best I could do. Either that, put it
>last (hyphenated, too) or lose it altogether.

Hasn't that law changed?