12-20-2008, 12:54 AM
Are you people sure you're not just making up this "rule" about women's names based on a couple of examples that may or may not have any true significance? Personally I've known of some very conservative women who have married and chosen to retain their pre-marriage name for professional (or perhaps other) reasons. I've known of some very liberal women who have taken the name of their new spouse. I've also managed to live for over sixty years without any occasion to think there is anything the least bit sinister about why a woman may or may not choose to go through the process of changing their name. Some people can be very "traditional" without being "conservative" (whatever that means, since the definition seems to be a moving target, based on the point one is trying to make.)