Whats a Name?

Its an age old tradition. Marriage. The joining of two individuals and two different families. Two people that were once separate that are now one. They are united under one last name and become family to one another. The question has been raised whether a woman taking her husband's last name in this ceremony is sexist or making the woman property of the man and unequal. I do not see this as the case at all. In marriage the couple adopting the same last name is a symbol of their bond and becoming unified within marriage. They both maintain their first names, representations of their individuality. The second, last name is a unification of two people and in my opinion there is no difference between a woman taking her husband's name or a man taking his wife's name on in marriage.