"Sanne" wrote in message
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Am Donnerstag, 30. August 2018 11:45:42 UTC+2 schrieb Ophelia:
> Sheldon wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.

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I don't think it was the law many ago when I got married, but I often see
now that people are retaining their maiden name.

My doctor is a case in point. We know she married but her name never
changed,