jayel

Trying to come up with a solution to this! Tonight I typed 'Sexist wedding traditions' into the search engine, and found this site. I don't really like my last name, and his is really lovely. But ,I don't want to abondon my last name to take his. I would be happy to hyphenate, but then I don't think it's fair that I have to hyphenate and he doesn't. Then again , I wouldn't expect him to demand that I change my last name, so I can't demand that he change his. But it's still not fair, because I'm taking his name so we can have that in common, but he's not taking anything of mine. The whole thing is very sexist, stemming, I believe from the idea that after a woman is married, she is the man's property. Like the father 'giving' the bride away. I won't be doing that either. For those of you who think that it is God's plan that a woman take a man's name, that is no where to be found in the Bible. And if you believe it because someone else "Told you so", I suggest you do some scripture study of your own. Biblical views of women have been misconstrued for years, and I am just now learning the true origins (Greek) of the translations we have now. Please, let's keep thinking about this everyone, I need a solution or I'll never be ready to sign my marriage license!