I've never heard of anyone who was admirable, or even decent, who had one of those hyphenated names. They all seem to be mean, angry, selfish, and liberal. But I'm being redundant.
If I thought about it, a name might come to me.
I think that a hyphenated name is just indecisive. it says "I want all of the benefits that my husband's name confers, without actually committing to having it."
'Tis why I told Mrs. WBill when we got married...."Take my name, if you'd like. Keep yours, if you'd like. But don't hyphenate." She didn't hyphenate. :-)
“I’ve never heard of anyone who was admirable, or even decent, who had one of those hyphenated names. They all seem to be mean, angry, selfish, and liberal. But I’m being redundant.”
Of course, since it shows that they have some pyschotic need to preserve their “identity” from that over-aggressive bastard that rapes them every few days (husband, per feminist idiology).
It’s even worse for guys, like singer John Cougar who went back to his maiden name (Mellon camp).
But in the few cases where the person’s maiden name is important because they are well-known, I don’t have a problem with it.