Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach
Publisher Location
Las Vegas (Nev.)
Abstract
As more women earn higher education degrees every year, it is clear gender roles are becoming more egalitarian within Western society. More common than ever before, women are earning more degrees than men and are taking on different roles then what was once expected of them. With this new freedom, women have shifted from playing a supportive role within society to branching out and creating their own established identity. Not only are women maintaining a separate identity in the professional world, but they are also maintaining a separate identity in their marriages. Correlating with the increased number of women in the professional world, there has been a popular trend of women sustaining their birth surname. Although women who sustain their surname are creating a separate identity for themselves, they are likely to be perceived as violating a traditional gender-role norm. In order to further investigate these perceptions, the current study examined perceptions of women who keep their surname upon marriage. Specifically, I focused on the attributes that are ascribed to women who retain their own surname after marriage.
Keywords
Surnames; Gender Roles
Disciplines
Psychology | Women's Studies
File Format
File Size
206 KB
Language
English
Rights
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Repository Citation
Lee, A. C.,
Robnett, R. D.
(2015).
Mrs. Agentic: Perceptions of Women who Sustain Their Birth Surname After Marriage.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/mcnair_posters/70