Women Haven't Come a Long Way

when a survey such as this one says half of respondents believe they should be legally required to take their husband's surname when the marry.

This is the USA Today report:

Laura Hamilton, a sociology researcher at Indiana University and one of the study authors, says that while gender-neutral terms such as "chairperson" have become commonplace, the same logic hasn't carried over to name change.

"One of the most interesting things is that a lot of people assume that because language in general is gender-neutral, that name change would also be one of those things in which attitudes would be shifting towards being much more liberal," she says.

But she says some studies have found that younger women are as likely or more likely to change their name when they marry as their baby boom counterparts. "It's not a straight age trend."

Good lord. I swear I am living in a time warp and it's 1970 all over again.