The following point has been made in part above, but it deserves further mention: there is no way for a woman to avoid taking a man's last name. Women who keep "my" last name are in reality keeping the name of their father -- a man.
By keeping her father's name and rejecting her husband's, she is merely prioritizing her blood relationship with one man (her father) over her marital relationship with a different man (her husband).
What does it say about feminists that they would be willing to keep the name of their father but not their husband? In my view, it shows their misgivings about the institution of marriage, rather than demonstrating any real "independence" from men.
By keeping her father's name and rejecting her husband's, she is merely prioritizing her blood relationship with one man (her father) over her marital relationship with a different man (her husband).
What does it say about feminists that they would be willing to keep the name of their father but not their husband? In my view, it shows their misgivings about the institution of marriage, rather than demonstrating any real "independence" from men.