OOPS - mistake on my part.
I have no intentions of changing the last name I use on a daily basis - I am willing to change my legal name to get rid of the hyphen if one of those complaining about the hyphenated names are willing to pay for the legal hoops I must jump through to do so.
My last name is hyphenated because when I got married at age 37 and was handed a pen and told by the judge to "sign here" I signed - and realized I signed my standard signature and had to add hislastname.
No political statement, no feminazi reasons - I just made a mistake.
Darlin' girl, I don't even know why yer bothering explaining. :-)
I know one woman who was so brow beaten by her husband that she changed her FIRST name, because he insisted she take his name in marriage.
His surname was Curtin. Her first name was Annette.
Now could you imagine living your life as Annette Curtin? (No, me neither). SHE now goes as Ann Curtin. But she should have double-barrelled her name. If she was Annette Malone-Curtin, there wouldn't have been a problem.