was browsing through the blog for our international economic law class. i noticed that around 90% of the females in the class included their middle initials (mother's maiden name - the first letter, anyway) in their names. on the other hand, only 10%-20% of the male students used their middle initials.
not sure if this can be attributed to the students' habits. but in my case, i wanted to make sure that my mother's name is not obliterated from my identity just because i am required to use my father's name. :)
2 comments:
i think it's more out of habit. :)
besides, when you come to think of it, all surnames ultimately belong to some person's father.
so it's not as if you 'preserved' some mother's/woman's surname.
the actual 'obliteration' took place at that moment we imbibed that practice of taking surnames (specifically, that of males).
now, don't you wish we were just called lapu-lapu or maniwangtiwang?
hehe.
siguro Bono na ngayon. or Madonna. :)
ayaw ko pag isa lang ang pangalan. nakakalito. tsaka marami na tao sa mundo. hirap 'non pag may isanglibong britney or paris. hehehe. :)
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