DoggyStyle,
I fail to see how hyphenating a surname is causing confusion in families or gender relations. Just because I want to keep my last name does not mean that I will love my future husband any less. Nor does it mean that I will try to be the head of our household. Maybe it really is an ego thing for me. However, there are many couples in the divorce courts today, where the woman did drop her last name and take her husband's. I really think it's an ego thing for men when they become upset about a woman wanting to hyphenate his last name onto hers.
Also, hyphenating last names is the norm in Latino culture. They tend to become very offended when people knock their naming system. I don't see that it has caused them to have any gender related problems. I'm not Latino, just something to think about.
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