Why can't it be something fun like swapping surnames and then creating a portmaneau or blended name for the kids.

  • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]
    hexagon
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    1 month ago

    Ultimately yeah, but it's the difference between what an egalitarian world should look like vs how to normalise that choice in a patriarchal hegemony like the UK. Various european countries' past feminist/egalitarianism movements have resulted in laws that neither men nor women can change their names when married.