Deary me... More ill-informed research

ExFishermanBob · 11-21-17, 12:27 PM

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-husband-wife-surname.html

The problem being that female surname-change isn't that common a 'gender-role norm' in 'Western' societies (as claimed) and the paper is US-centric in that regard (there are different traditions in the UK, for instance, despite the paper claiming a single mode): not to mention that the very idea of a surname is not universal either (one might consider Scotland, where you can call yourself what you like, without using a Deed Poll or other legal device). [Added: if born in Scotland, that is]

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/...e-about-names/

11-21-17, 12:27 PM	#1
ExFishermanBob Difficulties Numbing Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: AN19 Posts: 470 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Deary me... More ill-informed research https://phys.org/news/2017-11-husband-wife-surname.html The problem being that female surname-change isn't that common a 'gender-role norm' in 'Western' societies (as claimed) and the paper is US-centric in that regard (there are different traditions in the UK, for instance, despite the paper claiming a single mode): not to mention that the very idea of a surname is not universal either (one might consider Scotland, where you can call yourself what you like, without using a Deed Poll or other legal device). [Added: if born in Scotland, that is] http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/...e-about-names/ Last edited by ExFishermanBob; 11-21-17 at 12:33 PM. Reason: Edited for clarity