What’s in a name

Today on facebook I was invited by my step sister to join one of the groups to get a pregnant woman to name her child megatron. I posted on my status what a stupid idea this was because of the torture this child was going to go through. This created a debate that evolved into the ideas of last names. So I tried to explain to a bunch of people why it is that I hate my last name. This didn’t go over well. The reason that I hate my own last name is that I feel no connection toward my father and I think that people being branded with the “family name” is a way for the patriarchy to maintain it’s hold over women. It stands for the selling of women from father to husband and creates a society where women are treated like property. I know that we talk a lot on here about taking a man’s last name when marrying, but we never seem to talk about carrying our father’s last name. So, my question to you is this, how uncomfortable do you feel carrying a symbol of the patriarchy around with you? Do you even consider it that way? Do you mind having your father’s last name? Would you rather have your mothers?