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| − | + | Many women do not [[Change Your Name|change their names]] when they [[Plan Your Wedding|marry]], but that doesn't mean that people's [[Understand and Recognize Intolerance and Bias|preconceptions]] have caught up. How do you [[Communicate Effectively|tell]] the world that you're keeping your name just the way it is? | |
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
# Be prepared for your decision being seen by some as going against tradition. However, traditions are not set in stone. In some countries like Italy or Spain, it is traditional for women to ''keep'' their family name, and even when a woman decides to use her husband's surname she can't relinquish her own and will continue to use it in official documents, ID cards, passports etc. for the rest of her life. | # Be prepared for your decision being seen by some as going against tradition. However, traditions are not set in stone. In some countries like Italy or Spain, it is traditional for women to ''keep'' their family name, and even when a woman decides to use her husband's surname she can't relinquish her own and will continue to use it in official documents, ID cards, passports etc. for the rest of her life. | ||
