Q&A Forum - September 2014 (The best of Elise)

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At some point, there needs to be a generation of women who pave the way for future generations of women by being willing to put up with the current hassles and possible persecution that society will throw their way. Isn’t it interesting that societal institutions are not able to cope with the fact that a man would choose to submit to his bride’s wishes by taking her last name during the marriage? They assume that the man must be a criminal or has something to hide. After all, it is incomprehensible to them that a man would want to change his name purely as a sign of love and devotion to this wife. That is the way society currently views this new societal development and it goes to show the mindset of the patriarchal system that still has a grip on all of our lives.