jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoTrump bizarrely claims nobody knows his Democratic rival’s last name (it’s Harris)www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1535arrow-down115
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minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoIs it a compulsory that a married female take on the male last name? Am from Asia and this isn’t practiced at all.
minus-squarenomous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoIt’s not compulsory though it’s widely practiced and probably used to be required for certain marriage arrangements. It’s becoming less common and many women will hyphenate their last name after marrying now.
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoBack in the 1960s maybe. Even then professional woman rarely changed.
Is it a compulsory that a married female take on the male last name? Am from Asia and this isn’t practiced at all.
It’s not compulsory though it’s widely practiced and probably used to be required for certain marriage arrangements.
It’s becoming less common and many women will hyphenate their last name after marrying now.
Back in the 1960s maybe. Even then professional woman rarely changed.