Actress Kemi Lala Akindoju Questions The Practice Of Women Taking Husbands Surnames After Marriage
Nollywood Actress Kemi Lala Akindoju has strongly questioned the practice of women changing their surnames after marriage.
Th actress raised the question of women adopting their husband's surname after marriage, stating that woman should be allowed to choose the name she wants to use.
Th actress raised the question of women adopting their husband's surname after marriage, stating that woman should be allowed to choose the name she wants to use.
She stressed that, rather, couple should merge both surnames after marriage since the two shall become one.
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According to her, women have been relegated to a secondary role even though it's the woman that carries pregnancy and birth a child.
"Honestly, if we really want to follow '2 shall become 1,' the couple should merge both surnames. I still question the children automatically coming from the man’s state of origin, his surname, and the fact that the man “owns” the child. The whole thing messes with my head so much."
"Yet it’s the woman who physically goes through a life transforming process to birth the children. Yet, she’s relegated. I may not have the answers, but it troubles my entire being and I am yet to find the scripture that says the woman must take the man’s name.
"Scripture actually says the man cleaves to the woman (but what do i know). Most importantly, a woman should be allowed to choose. Whether she wants to change her name or not or compound it. It’s sha somehow that boys are never raised to think their identity will change.
"But just because of a woman’s gender she’s raised/socialized to know that she shouldn’t get too comfortable with a name and identity she’s known all her life. I don’t have the answers."
According to her, women have been relegated to a secondary role even though it's the woman that carries pregnancy and birth a child.
"Honestly, if we really want to follow '2 shall become 1,' the couple should merge both surnames. I still question the children automatically coming from the man’s state of origin, his surname, and the fact that the man “owns” the child. The whole thing messes with my head so much."
"Yet it’s the woman who physically goes through a life transforming process to birth the children. Yet, she’s relegated. I may not have the answers, but it troubles my entire being and I am yet to find the scripture that says the woman must take the man’s name.
"Scripture actually says the man cleaves to the woman (but what do i know). Most importantly, a woman should be allowed to choose. Whether she wants to change her name or not or compound it. It’s sha somehow that boys are never raised to think their identity will change.
"But just because of a woman’s gender she’s raised/socialized to know that she shouldn’t get too comfortable with a name and identity she’s known all her life. I don’t have the answers."
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