The SYMBOLIC LEGAL PERSONHOOD IN THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS vs. Hi I'm George Jerk-me-off-fuck-you-too.

Strange things can happen when you listen to George Carlin and subsequently start googling. Subject: hyphenated names. I always keep saying, a hyphenated name is the equivalent of a PhD to pretentious bourgeois dimwits.

Hear, hear, hear! In

A  NAME OF ONE’S OWN:  GENDER  AND  SYMBOLIC LEGAL PERSONHOOD IN THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

YOFI  TIROSH
(Lecturer, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law)

“ ‘Become what you are’: that is the principle behind the performative magic of all acts of institution.  The essence assigned through naming and investiture is, literally, a  fatum . . . .” Pierre Bourdieu

Women’s choice of surname in marriage also reflects how people see their personality characteristics.  Claire E. Etaugh et al.,  “Names Can Never Hurt Me?”: The  Effect  of Surname Use on Perceptions of Married Women, 23  PSYCHOL.  OF  WOMEN  Q.  819 (1999) (finding that American college students perceive women who take their husband’s name as less agentic and more communal—i.e. kind, nurturing, etc.—than women who either kept their maiden name or hyphenated their name, who are viewed in a less gender stereotypical manner); Gordon B. Forbes et al.,  Perceptions of Married Women and Married Men With Hyphenated Surnames, 46  SEX  ROLES  167 (2002) 

Oh fucking Lord. It gets worse.

(This survey of white middle-class college students’ perceptions of men and women who hyphenate their surname to their spouse’s name found that men and women who hyphenated their names were viewed as more agreeable, conscientious, and open.  Men but not women rated women who hyphenated their names lower on the agreeableness factor and higher on the adjective “masculine,” but neither men nor women rated such women as different from the average woman on the traditional gender role factor.  In addition, men but not women rated men who hyphenated their name as lower on the adjective “masculine” and higher on  the  adjective  “feminine.”  Finally, the researchers found a correlation between the surveyed person’s high score on a sexism scale and their negative approach towards men and women who hyphenated their surnames.);  see also DONAL  CARBAUGH,  SITUATING SELVES: THE  COMMUNICATION OF  SOCIAL  IDENTITIES IN  AMERICAN  SCENES  94–111 (1996) (presenting sociological data on the diverse meaning American men and women ascribe to their surname choices.)

"Pretty neat, pretty neat; pretty good, pretty good; alright". Here comes George Carlin on hypenating names:

another crime
against society:
hyphenated names.
hey lady, pick a fucking
name would you please?
pick a fucking name.
"hi i'm emily
jericho-fordescu".
hi i'm george
jerk-me-off-fuck-you-too.
you don't acquire
personal dignity
by adding a name
to your name.
feminists think
it's a "radical act".
it's not.
castrating a guy
in a parking lot
with a coke bottle
is a radical act.
hyphenating your name
is pretentious bullshit.