Girl Talk on Yik Yak | Why do women take the man’s last name. Isn’t she directly responsible for making the next generation (if she decides to have kids)? Isn’t she doing more to keep the family tree alive?! Men should take the woman’s last name!!

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Why do women take the man’s last name. Isn’t she directly responsible for making the next generation (if she decides to have kids)? Isn’t she doing more to keep the family tree alive?! Men should take the woman’s last name!!

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Anonymous 1w

When you put together a family tree of every single person going back hundreds of years and the men’s last name continues every single branch.. if I get married I want to be the very first ever to break that

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Anonymous 1w

this is the kinda stuff i say to my family daily then they just roll their eyes😪

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Anonymous 1w

If I get married I’m keeping my last name, it just suits my first name so well. Maybe I’ll hyphenate

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Anonymous 1w

Cause the man would gain ownership of the woman. Genuinely that is the historical reason.

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