Why Do Women Take Their Husband's Last Names

I find it interesting that young women took their husband's last names. "While young women freely referred to themselves as Ms, they said they were more likely to take their husband's names after they married than their older sisters had been (Collins 331). " This is totally unfair why do men still get superiority. Women and men should both have equal opportunity to use their last names. Women were treated unequally in everything from the workplace, sports, and school. Women can be just as successfulas males therefore it doesn't make sense how they are always held above women. The central issue of the Women's movement was the family divide. "You second-guess yourself at work, you second- guess yourself at home and you second-guess yourself in terms of your own personal time" (Collins 334). Women as welk as males were busy and working hard to provide for their families. It was often difficult to be with your kids a lot. Many kids were expressing their opinions to their parents of how they spend more time at work than at home. Some kids said that they would never have the jobs their parents have when they are older. This statement hurt really bad for a lot of parents. It was very
" In 1996, under pressure from many of the same forces, it decided the government should not help support poor single mothers so they could stay home with their children " (Collins 335). Due to the fact that women should only work in the home caused many people to be poor. Whether you are rich, middle class or poor you should still be given the same opportunity to work. Many people in the nation would aid the poor women with no husbands and with children. "Nine million families, virtually all of them composed of single woman and their children, left the welfare rolls (Collins 337) . Many women would go to work but few people's income could get them out of