I am Japanese university student.
I am studying the how to create a system in which married women can have the choice to keep their maiden names .
First I will tell you my situation.
I agree with this system and I think the system should be introduced in Japanese civil law.
A lot of people undertake it themselves to revise Japanese civil law about this problem for more than 30 years !!
Especially a lot of women are demanding their right .
But from past to present, the argument continues between proponents and opponents of this problem .
Generally, the conservative people advocate “ if the system is introduced into Japanese society, it will surely lead the destruction of the family.
And the system is against the spirit of community and community ethics
I think that they want to stick to the patriarchal capitalist society in Japan that is became a custom after the age of Meiji .
I’m so glad that you corrected my sentences .
Japanese civil law article 750 provide as fellow .
” If you(husband and wife ) married ,you have to give the choice between
husband’s family name or wife’s .”
So I choice husband’s family name .
I and my husband have an objection this stipulation before marriage
and we covet for amendment to the Civil Code.
The former civil law made in Meiji Period〔1868-1912〕tended to predominance of men over women .
After World War Il, new civil law was established and made up supposedly egalitarian society(equality for men and women).
It looks equality external .
But inveteracy observance is taking up residence inside of Japanese people .
