March 03, 2012

Women in the East and the West

In some Western countries women change their names when they get married, losing their family name and taking over their husband's surname, somehow acquiring a whole new identity.

Ina Lisa
In Indonesia the change happens when you have babies. So, after your first born, your name will change to "mother of ...." your first born's name. So a women named Putri (princess) who has a first born girl named Lisa, will now be Ina Lisa

Funny how women are expected by societies to change their identities and become "wives" or "mothers" ahead of "women".

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