Zoe Saldana and her husband, Marco Perego, are unexpectedly making news because the Italian artist decided to take her last name, despite tradition.
The Guardians of the Galaxy actress said she was confused why this was a big deal in a Facebook post, given that women taking their husbands name has never before been a source of such talk.
Gentlemen, I implore you to think outside the box remove the box altogether, she wrote. Lets redefine masculinity. A real 'man' leads along side his partner. A real man accepts his mortality. A real man acknowledges that nothing can be done alone.
Tradition has dictated that women take their husbands last name for centuries, and it has long been debated whether this trend is outdated or whether it should remain the norm.
A Huffington Post and YouGov survey suggests tradition is still winning out. Sixty percent of women take their husbands name at marriage, 11 percent keep their name and 8 percent combine the names.
The number of women keeping their name has fallen since its heyday in the '90s when 23 percent of women didnt change their name at marriage, Rebecca Adams reported for the Huffington Post.
The number of men taking their wives names, like Saldanas husband, is so small that it is difficult to get a number of how many men are doing so.
A survey of Mens Health readers showed that 96.3 percent of men wouldnt take their wifes name even if they were asked, Kate Hakala reported for Mic. One man surveyed said he wouldnt take his wifes name because thats just not manly to me.
In addition to tradition, women must consider how changing their name would affect them in their career and what their future children would be named, Hakala reported.
Changing a name is, in many ways, a change of identity, she wrote. We associate our names with our heritage, family, childhood, career and even our personal brands. Switching over when we sign a marriage certificate is saying goodbye to one aspect of our life and adopting a new identity; in heterosexual marriages, that often means sharing one with a man.
Some couples will adopt a new name entirely, which they say gives both of them a fresh start and a new identity as a couple. William MacAskill wrote for The Atlantic that he and his wife took her maternal grandmothers maiden name because it had a strong history and they both liked it.
You might say that we need some rule, and that taking the man's name is as good as any other, MacAskill explained. But is this true? Why not go with whichever name sounds better? Or which name is associated with the coolest people?
The Guardians of the Galaxy actress said she was confused why this was a big deal in a Facebook post, given that women taking their husbands name has never before been a source of such talk.
Gentlemen, I implore you to think outside the box remove the box altogether, she wrote. Lets redefine masculinity. A real 'man' leads along side his partner. A real man accepts his mortality. A real man acknowledges that nothing can be done alone.
Tradition has dictated that women take their husbands last name for centuries, and it has long been debated whether this trend is outdated or whether it should remain the norm.
A Huffington Post and YouGov survey suggests tradition is still winning out. Sixty percent of women take their husbands name at marriage, 11 percent keep their name and 8 percent combine the names.
The number of women keeping their name has fallen since its heyday in the '90s when 23 percent of women didnt change their name at marriage, Rebecca Adams reported for the Huffington Post.
The number of men taking their wives names, like Saldanas husband, is so small that it is difficult to get a number of how many men are doing so.
A survey of Mens Health readers showed that 96.3 percent of men wouldnt take their wifes name even if they were asked, Kate Hakala reported for Mic. One man surveyed said he wouldnt take his wifes name because thats just not manly to me.
In addition to tradition, women must consider how changing their name would affect them in their career and what their future children would be named, Hakala reported.
Changing a name is, in many ways, a change of identity, she wrote. We associate our names with our heritage, family, childhood, career and even our personal brands. Switching over when we sign a marriage certificate is saying goodbye to one aspect of our life and adopting a new identity; in heterosexual marriages, that often means sharing one with a man.
Some couples will adopt a new name entirely, which they say gives both of them a fresh start and a new identity as a couple. William MacAskill wrote for The Atlantic that he and his wife took her maternal grandmothers maiden name because it had a strong history and they both liked it.
You might say that we need some rule, and that taking the man's name is as good as any other, MacAskill explained. But is this true? Why not go with whichever name sounds better? Or which name is associated with the coolest people?
