The New York Times’ data blog, The Upshot, has found that more and more women are keeping their names after marriage. According to a Google Consumer Survey, nearly 20% of women are now choosing to keep their name, with another 10% hyphenating or continuing to use their name professionally.
Journalist Pete Iorizzo writes in the Albany Times Union that he and his new wife weren't able to deposit wedding checks made out to "Mr. and Mrs. Pete Iorizzo" because their local Bank of America branch couldn't accept that his wife is who she says she is. Though the newlyweds were willing to produce a marriage…
Four women and one of their husbands filed a lawsuit yesterday in Tokyo to challenge the law that forces almost all Japanese women to take their husband's last name, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Japan's Civil Code, which was written in 1898, requires that married couples share the same last name. It's extremely…
Jeebus! According to a new study half of female respondents say that - wait for it - women should be mandated by the government to take their husband's name. We are...troubled by this:
When Michael Buday married Diana Bijon, he decided he wanted to take her last name. "It was personal. I feel much closer to (Diana's) father than I do mine... I never imagined the state would make it so difficult," he says. It took a $350 fee, court appearances, a public announcement and mounds of paperwork to have…
In something we never thought we would find ourselves saying, it seems that the state of Georgia is against traditional marriage customs. Women across the state are having their driver's licenses canceled as a result of having their married names printed on them, as opposed to their maiden names, which appear on their…
