Dr. Maiden Summary
To most medical practitioners as well as undergraduate females there maiden name holds so much importance. It is an attribute that has been demonstrated by the huge participation of the class ambers of Harvard medical class of 2017. The openness of participants has given some credible information where a large number of about 65% of all female ladies (Harvard, n.d.) preferring to keep their maiden marriage when they join the highly anticipated marriage institution. Some of the conspicuous argument brought forth is the fact that one has pushed further into their professional life and most of their works, publications and achievements have their maiden name in the publication. If lost in marriage it will result in discontinuity in their professional consistency. Other feels that it has a deeper connection to their cultural as well as family backgrounds. Another reason that cements the mindset is that it is an act of brand loyalty and as well eliminates the feeling of being a possession to one’s spouse (Harvard, n.d.).
13% of the participants preferred a hyphenated name in that they counted on the benefits of both adopting and sustain a maiden name. 22% who favored taking the spouses name viewed it as a way of showing unity within the family institutions and avoids confusions especially while raising children born in the family setup (Harvard, n.d.). There is as well need to sustain a preexisting cultural practice rather than introduce another one with an anticipated set of consequences. It is as well an act of bonding through sacrifice as well as showing loyalty to the adopted spouse by medical practitioners.
The second mindset has been supported by Dr. Elizabeth Nabel despite vast achievement in medical fields where she dropped her Guenther maiden name. It was cumbersome for her patients to pronounce compared to Nabel (Harvard, n.d.). Her husband being from same hospital setting she was as well expected to return from her honeymoon already, maiden name dropped.
References
Harvard Medical Student Review Volume 2(Issue 1), pp. 1-4.
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