Why Do We Care So Much About Jennifer Lopez Affleck's Last Name?
21.07.2022 - 16:53
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By Alex KesslerBy Elizabeth LoganBy Alice CaryThe legal system through which these changes have to be made remains similarly archaic. The process is a logistical nightmare that often renders the applicant unsearchable online, to their personal and professional detriment. But of married women choose to do it anyway.
And, for better or worse, the semantics still matter. As sociology professor Deborah Carr recently pointed out to , a shared family name negates a lifetime of little inconveniences around booking flights, enrolling in joint health insurance, and delineating who's allowed to pick up a child from school.It would be easy to excuse our fascination with celebrity surnames as an extension of our natural curiosity about the lives of the rich and famous. But there’s also an unspoken belief that these decisions mean something about a marriage and the people who comprise it.
And society applies those value judgements to civilians as well as celebrities. Negotiating a prenuptial agreement, for instance, connotes bad faith, but forgoing one like is considered risky and naive. Taking your spouse’s name can be perceived positively as an act of devotion or negatively as a show of deference to outdated social norms.
At best, women who choose to keep their maiden name like Mariah Carey and Diana Ross are lauded for their feminism and business acumen. And at worst, they’re and . Opting to hyphenate, combine, or invent a new surname like newlyweds Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz Beckham could be framed as a mutually fulfilling means of self-preservation or an empty political gesture.
There is a financial incentive to keep your maiden name. Unlike Kim Kardashian, who shuttered KKW Beauty after leaving Kanye West, Mrs. Jennifer Lynn
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