My mother did not change her last name when my parents got married. When my younger sibling got married, she didn’t change her last name either. My other younger sibling is engaged to be married next year, and she does not plan to change her last name.

I am nowhere near being married yet, but I do not plan to change my name upon marriage either. In fact, I may go one step further and change my last name to my grandmother’s last name when she was a child too.

I urge all women to keep their last name when they get married because at this rate women will never have the same rights as men.