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"A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power (www.salon.com)
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[+] 230 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)
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  • [–] 89 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Interesting thing about that is that, while it's still common practice, a lot of more left-leaning women did away with taking their husband's name years ago

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  • [–] 61 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah my wife and I just kept our name. Its funny because over the years we sorta wish we would have done the traditional thing as it would make a variety of things easier but now apparently its becoming a brilliant move.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My wife did the same, but for unofficial stuff, she uses my last name as hers.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    yeah its more problematic for official stuff really. like being in the hospital. Its not much but like you tend to have to make it more clear your the spouse.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    We got married ten years ago and she didn't take my name. I'm very much cool with it, and it's got easier over the years.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    yeah it was a slow burn annoyance and she gets annoyed by it more than I but it took like 20 odd years to be like. This is sorta annoying. EDITED - hey so im rethinking and it started at about the 10 year mark and built up over time but as I said its little things. My wife has a lot of medical issues though so we might have more nuisance around it than the typical couple.

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  • [+] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My wife didn’t take my last name and I’m so glad.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My mom never took my dad's so I grew up with that being the norm, so I took it step further and my partner and I are not even married despite being together 11 years.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah my partner and I didn't get married until 8 years deep, and that's going steady. We were fucking on and off for years before. We did it to appease our family. Never had any kids thank the hole in the ozone.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Holy. Fucking. Shit. That’s bad. That’s oppressively stupid fucking bad.

    Hey Americans: Don’t want to be oppressed or live in a fascist state? Immigrate to Canada! We’re hella friendly and open to people’s of all kinds, except MAGAs and Nazis and or maga-nazis

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If only it was that easy...

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Hmm. You all raise a good point. As Canadians, I think we need to make it easier for Americans to immigrate here.

    We need to experience and expertise and we need to learn how to expedite that to bring the right people here to help expand Canadas capabilities.

    Canadians, how to we make this happen? I have zero knowledge how to make this happen.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm moving to Sweden but I'll be stopping by your way first! I'm too trans to let tsa look at my passport so I'm going to land travel to you all and take a plane out from there

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Good luck at the border.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Unless things have changed significantly at the border in the past few years, there's no process to leave the US. It's just the Canadian border guard checking things as you enter their country.

    Of course, if the GOP decides to fully enact Operation: Handmaid's Tale, then that could change.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Ha, if only that was an actual possibility. Most Americans will not qualify for immigration to Western countries.

    I'd also hold off on thinking you'll be safe. Poilievre might be unpopular now, but there's a lot of time between now and the election. It's not a slam dunk for Liberal, fascism can absolutely still rise in your country too.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Eh...

    We're not a consolation prize, they've let shit get fucked in their country for decades.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yeah. You’re absolutely right, but there’s still a ton of good Americans that Canada could utilize to help us build our industry that we need.

    We need more than just exploited real estate in this country, and I’m sure a ton of Americans could help us make that happen at an accelerated level.

    I’d much prefer to take in Americans that are disenfranchised with their country, than have a disenfranchised country try and turn us into a new Guam.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    so anyone who changes their name? So like a whole bunch of hollywood. two birds one stone I guess from their view.

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  • [+] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It depends on how much paperwork you do when you change your names, how much autocracy you want to fight

    When my ex divorced me she warned me me she wasn’t going through that again so I just need to deal with her keeping my name. She kept half of everything else of mine so I guess it’s no difference

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Long term, this seems like an effective way to end that custom. What person would go into marriage changing their name when they know this attitude is at play?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's cute you think that's not another right they'll quickly take away from women as soon as they can.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    In British Columbia, there is no legal requirement to change your last name after marriage, and either spouse can legally use either last name at their leisure without any bureaucratic change. It is a genderless law.

    Fuckin A, now I am really appreciating that.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    My wife and I were talking about this last night. She chose not to change her name when we got married, as she's been down that road before and has no desire to do it again. I'm totally fine with it, she's been able to grow and discover things about herself now that she "wasn't allowed to" in her past marriage, and I love helping her realize that. We also just got our passports the other day - work wants me to get mine and paid for it, so she got hers as well.

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